HoltzvshostWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#47,485
“Holtz” frequency rank
#18,284
“host” frequency rank
65769
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Holtz host
Definition Ortsteil von Rambruch, Luxemburg 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hosen

Letter map: Holtz vs host

Shared letters muted; letters that set Holtz and host apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Holtz
4 ch
host

Role in the sentence - Holtz and host

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Holtz is aname and hostaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Holtz is recorded at frequency rank #47,485, classified as aname, pronounced […]. host is at rank #18,284, tagged as averb, pronounced [hoːst].

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 65769, this pair ranks #595,590 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Holtz vs host

Shared letters: hot. Private to "Holtz": lz. Private to "host": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Holtzhholtz · hlotz · holltz · holttz · holtzz · holzt · hotlz · ohltz
  • hosthhost · hosst · hostt · hots · hsot · ohst

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Holtz" for "host" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Holtz" is a name and "host" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Holtz" or "host" show up more?
"host" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,284 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Holtz" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "host" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #595,590 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Holtz" and "host" 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 #595,590 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