Which to use
“hola” is an intj and “hora” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,462
- “hola” frequency rank
- #49,403
- “hora” frequency rank
- 75865
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hola | hora |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Hello, hi, hey. | A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide. |
Letter map: hola vs hora
Shared letters muted; letters that set hola and hora apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hola and hora follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - hola and hora
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hola is anintj and horaanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - l in “hola” becomes r in “hora”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75865, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hola is recorded at frequency rank #26,462, classified as anintj, pronounced /ˈoʊlɑː/. hora is at rank #49,403, tagged as anoun.
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 75865, this pair ranks #31,800 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hola vs hora
Shared letters: aho. Private to "hola": l. Private to "hora": r.
"hola" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hola" and "hora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "hola" vs "hora" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hola" and "hora".
- Full dictionary entry for "hola" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,800 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hola" and "hora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hoke vs hora". 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 #31,800 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.