Which to use
“Hama” is a name and “hora” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,166
- “Hama” frequency rank
- #49,403
- “hora” frequency rank
- 90569
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Hama | hora |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A city in Syria. | A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide. |
Letter map: Hama vs hora
Shared letters muted; letters that set Hama and hora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Hama and hora follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - Hama and hora
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hama is aname and horaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90569, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Hama is recorded at frequency rank #41,166, classified as aname, pronounced /ˈhɑːmə/. 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 90569, this pair ranks #4,062 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Hama vs hora
Shared letters: ah. Private to "Hama": m. Private to "hora": or.
"Hama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "Hama" 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 #4,062 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Hama" 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 #4,062 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.