haavshoraWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: haa is a intj, hora is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“haa” is an intj and “hora” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,322
“haa” frequency rank
#49,403
“hora” frequency rank
84725
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature haa hora
Definition A sigh. A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.

Letter map: haa vs hora

Shared letters muted; letters that set haa and hora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. haa runs 3 letters (CVV) against hora's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
haa
4 ch
hora

Role in the sentence - haa and hora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: haa is anintj and horaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84725, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

haa is recorded at frequency rank #35,322, classified as anintj. 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 84725, this pair ranks #11,564 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of haa vs hora

Shared letters: ah. Private to "haa": -. Private to "hora": or.

"haa" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "hora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hora ← hhora · hoar · horra · hroa · ohra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "haa" for "hora" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "haa" is an intj and "hora" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "haa" vs "hora" - which ranks higher?
"haa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,322 in our English list, against #49,403 for "hora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "haa" and "hora".

  • Full dictionary entry for "haa" 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 #11,564 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "haa" 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 #11,564 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list