holtevsHoppeWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#4,359
“holte” frequency rank
#19,256
“Hoppe” frequency rank
23615
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature holte Hoppe
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs holen deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname

Where the eye mixes holte and Hoppe

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
holte
5 ch
Hoppe

Look-alike desk: holte vs Hoppe

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: holte is [ˈhoːltə] while Hoppe is [ˈhɔpə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23615, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

holte is recorded at frequency rank #4,359, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈhoːltə]. Hoppe is at rank #19,256, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈhɔpə].

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 23615, this pair ranks #1,858,895 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of holte vs Hoppe

Shared letters: eho. Private to "holte": lt. Private to "Hoppe": p.

"holte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Hoppe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • holtehholte · hlote · holet · hollte · holtte · ohlte
  • Hoppehhoppe · hopep · hpope · ohppe

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "holte" and "Hoppe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "holte" is a verb and "Hoppe" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "holte" vs "Hoppe" - which ranks higher?
"holte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,359 in our German list, against #19,256 for "Hoppe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "holte" and "Hoppe" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "holte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hoppe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,858,895 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "holte" and "Hoppe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "holde vs Hoppe". 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 #1,858,895 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