haovshorWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: hao is a noun, hor is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hao” is a noun and “hor” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,588
“hao” frequency rank
#45,433
“hor” frequency rank
77021
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hao hor
Definition A former currency unit of Vietnam, worth one tenth of a dong. her

Letter map: hao vs hor

Shared letters muted; letters that set hao and hor apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
hao
3 ch
hor

Part-of-speech tell for hao / hor

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hao is anoun and horapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77021, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hao is recorded at frequency rank #31,588, classified as anoun. hor is at rank #45,433, tagged as apron, pronounced /høː/.

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 77021, this pair ranks #28,449 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hao vs hor

Shared letters: ho. Private to "hao": a. Private to "hor": r.

"hao" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "hor" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hao" and "hor" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hao" is a noun and "hor" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hao" vs "hor" - which ranks higher?
"hao" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,588 in our English list, against #45,433 for "hor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hao" and "hor".

  • Full dictionary entry for "hao" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,449 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hao" and "hor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hoke vs hor". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #28,449 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