# hula

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhuːlə/ · frequency rank #28,583

## Definitions
1. A form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hawaiian hula.

## Easily confused with
- **hut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-hut)
- **hum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-hum)
- **hun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-hun)
- **Hur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-hur)
- **Hus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-hus)
- **Huw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-huw)
- **hurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-hurt)
- **hunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-hunt)
- **hung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-hung)
- **hull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-hull)
- **hulk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-hulk)
- **hush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-hush)
- **hump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-hump)
- **Hume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-hume)
- **huts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-huts)
- **hunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-hunk)
- **Hurd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-hurd)
- **hurl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-hurl)
- **Huns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-huns)
- **husk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-husk)

## Common misspellings (4)
`hhula`, `hlua`, `hulla`, `uhla`

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