holavshotConfusable pair

Quick tell: hola is a phrase, hot is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hola” is a phrase and “hot” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,229
“hola” frequency rank
#5,185
“hot” frequency rank
53414
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hola hot
Definition hallo von sehr hoher Temperatur, heiß

Letter map: hola vs hot

Shared letters muted; letters that set hola and hot apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
hola
3 ch
hot

Role in the sentence - hola and hot

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hola is aphrase and hotanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53414, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hola is recorded at frequency rank #48,229, classified as aphrase, pronounced […]. hot is at rank #5,185, tagged as anadj, pronounced [hɒt].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 53414, this pair ranks #1,058,941 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hola vs hot

Shared letters: ho. Private to "hola": al. Private to "hot": t.

"hola" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hot" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • holahhola · hloa · hoal · holla · ohla

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hola" for "hot" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hola" is a phrase and "hot" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hola" vs "hot" - which ranks higher?
"hot" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,185 in our German list, against #48,229 for "hola". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "hola" and "hot". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hola" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,058,941 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hola" and "hot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hola vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,058,941 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list