HoltzvsHolzTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#47,485
“Holtz” frequency rank
#1,925
“Holz” frequency rank
49410
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Holtz Holz
Definition Ortsteil von Rambruch, Luxemburg aus Zellulose und Lignin bestehende Masse eines Baumes

Letter map: Holtz vs Holz

Shared letters muted; letters that set Holtz and Holz apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
Holtz
4 ch
Holz

Part-of-speech tell for Holtz / Holz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Holtz is aname and Holzanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Holtz is recorded at frequency rank #47,485, classified as aname, pronounced […]. Holz is at rank #1,925, tagged as anoun, pronounced [hɔlt͡s].

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 49410, this pair ranks #1,212,594 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Holtz vs Holz

Shared letters: hloz. Private to "Holtz": t. Private to "Holz": -.

"Holtz" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Holz" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Holtzhholtz · hlotz · holltz · holttz · holtzz · holzt · hotlz · ohltz
  • Holzhholz · hloz · hollz · holzz · hozl · ohlz

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Holtz" for "Holz" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Holtz" is a name and "Holz" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Holtz" or "Holz" show up more?
"Holz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,925 in our German list, against #47,485 for "Holtz". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Holtz" and "Holz".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Holtz" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Holz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,212,594 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Holtz" and "Holz" 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 #1,212,594 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