hora

[ˈɔɾə]

/[ˈɔɾə]/ noun

The verdict

“hora” is uncommon German (frequency #59,737 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,737
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Stunde; Zeiteinheit, entspricht dem 24. Teil eines Tages

Corpus desk

Index DE-hora · hora · German

hora · rank #59,737 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,737
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hopf

Nearest frequency peer: hopf (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „hora“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hora“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hora
PropertyValue
Headwordhora
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɔɾə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#59,737
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hora“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.horafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hopf“ (#59,736), „honorieren“ (#59,735), „humanistisch“ (#59,739). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hora“ bei #59,737. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hora is uncommon German at frequency #59,737 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɔɾə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Stunde; Zeiteinheit, entspricht dem 24. Teil eines Tages".

hora has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hora, spelled H-O-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Stunde; Zeiteinheit, entspricht dem 24. Teil eines Tages

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how hora appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Una hora té seixanta minuts.

This word in other languages

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hora"?
"hora" is spelled H-O-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɔɾə].
What does "hora" mean?
As a noun, "hora" means: die Stunde; Zeiteinheit, entspricht dem 24. Teil eines Tages
How do you pronounce "hora"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hora" is [ˈɔɾə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hora" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hora", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list