Which to use
“hola” is a phrase and “hour” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,229
- “hola” frequency rank
- #18,576
- “hour” frequency rank
- 66805
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hola | hour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | hallo | Stunde |
Letter map: hola vs hour
Shared letters muted; letters that set hola and hour apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for hola / hour
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hola is aphrase and houranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hola is recorded at frequency rank #48,229, classified as aphrase, pronounced […]. hour is at rank #18,576, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aʊə(ɹ)].
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 66805, this pair ranks #560,938 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hola vs hour
Shared letters: ho. Private to "hola": al. Private to "hour": ru.
"hola" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hola" and "hour" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hola" or "hour"?
What to do next
You've compared "hola" and "hour". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hola" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #560,938 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hola" and "hour" 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 #560,938 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.