Which to use
“holy” is an adjective and “hour” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,833
- “holy” frequency rank
- #18,576
- “hour” frequency rank
- 33409
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | holy | hour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | heilig | Stunde |
Letter map: holy vs hour
Shared letters muted; letters that set holy and hour apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: holy vs hour
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: holy is anadjective and houranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33409, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
holy is recorded at frequency rank #14,833, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. hour is at rank #18,576, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aʊə(ɹ)].
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 33409, this pair ranks #1,686,594 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of holy vs hour
Shared letters: ho. Private to "holy": ly. Private to "hour": ru.
"holy" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "holy" for "hour" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "holy" or "hour" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "holy" and "hour". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "holy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,686,594 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "holy" and "hour" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "höh vs hour". 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 #1,686,594 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.