# aloha

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈləʊ.(h)ə/ · frequency rank #25,656

## Definitions
1. Good wishes, love.
2. An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hawaiian aloha (“love”), from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa. Doublet of aroha and aropa.

## Easily confused with
- **alot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloha-vs-alot)
- **alta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloha-vs-alta)
- **Asha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloha-vs-asha)
- **Alva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloha-vs-alva)
- **Alon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloha-vs-alon)
- **along** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloha-vs-along)
- **alone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloha-vs-alone)
- **alpha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloha-vs-alpha)
- **aloud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloha-vs-aloud)
- **aroma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloha-vs-aroma)
- **aloof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloha-vs-aloof)
- **altho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloha-vs-altho)
- **ANOVA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloha-vs-anova)
- **Arora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloha-vs-arora)
- **alphas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloha-vs-alphas)
- **althea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloha-vs-althea)
- **aha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aha-vs-aloha)
- **ala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ala-vs-aloha)
- **alma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alma-vs-aloha)
- **alba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-aloha)

## Common misspellings (6)
`alhoa`, `alloha`, `aloah`, `alohha`, `aolha`, `laoha`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/aloha