holevsHoltzWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: hole is a verb, Holtz is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hole” is a verb and “Holtz” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,486
“hole” frequency rank
#47,485
“Holtz” frequency rank
54971
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hole Holtz
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs holen Ortsteil von Rambruch, Luxemburg

Letter map: hole vs Holtz

Shared letters muted; letters that set hole and Holtz apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hole runs 4 letters (CVCV) against Holtz's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
hole
5 ch
Holtz

Part-of-speech tell for hole / Holtz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hole is averb and Holtzaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54971, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hole is recorded at frequency rank #7,486, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈhoːlə]. Holtz is at rank #47,485, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

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 54971, this pair ranks #997,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hole vs Holtz

Shared letters: hlo. Private to "hole": e. Private to "Holtz": tz.

"hole" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Holtz" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hole ← hhole · hloe · hoel · holle · ohle
  • Holtz ← hholtz · hlotz · holltz · holttz · holtzz · holzt · hotlz · ohltz

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hole" and "Holtz" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hole" is a verb and "Holtz" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hole" or "Holtz"?
"hole" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,486 in our German list, against #47,485 for "Holtz". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "hole" vs "Holtz" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hole" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Holtz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #997,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hole" and "Holtz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Holtz 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 #997,745 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