hola
/ˈoʊlɑː/
"hola" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hola” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #26,462) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #26,462
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hello, hi, hey.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hola · hola · English
hola · rank #26,462 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,462
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hinged
Nearest frequency peer: hinged (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “hola”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- HHS
HHS
73,542 corpus weight
- Higgs
Higgs
73,541 corpus weight
- hinged
hinged
73,540 corpus weight
- hola
hola
73,539 corpus weight
- holster
holster
73,538 corpus weight
- horseman
horseman
73,537 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “hola” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hola |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈoʊlɑː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #26,462 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “hola”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for hola is neighbouring look-alikes ("how", "hot", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced /ˈoʊlɑː/. Frequency #26,462 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Gloss: "Hello, hi, hey.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for hola, with forms such as "hhola", "hloa", and "hoal". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "how", "hot", "hop", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish hola. The correct English form is hola, spelled H-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1Hello, hi, hey.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish hola.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhola
- hloa
- hoal
- ohla
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hola - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hola", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).