Which to use
“holy” is an adjective and “Holz” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,833
- “holy” frequency rank
- #1,925
- “Holz” frequency rank
- 16758
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | holy | Holz |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | heilig | aus Zellulose und Lignin bestehende Masse eines Baumes |
Letter map: holy vs Holz
Shared letters muted; letters that set holy and Holz apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for holy / Holz
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: holy is anadjective and Holzanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - y in “holy” becomes z in “Holz”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
holy is recorded at frequency rank #14,833, classified as anadj, 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 16758, this pair ranks #1,933,212 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of holy vs Holz
Shared letters: hlo. Private to "holy": y. Private to "Holz": z.
"holy" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "Holz" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "holy" for "Holz" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "holy" or "Holz" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "holy" and "Holz".
- Full dictionary entry for "holy" 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 #1,933,212 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "holy" and "Holz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "holy 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 #1,933,212 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.