headervsHodderConfusable pair

Quick tell: header is a noun, Hodder is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“header” is a noun and “Hodder” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,552
“header” frequency rank
#48,283
“Hodder” frequency rank
56835
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature header Hodder
Definition The upper portion of a page (or other) layout. An English surname originating as an occupation, for the trade name hodder

Letter map: header vs Hodder

Shared letters muted; letters that set header and Hodder apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
header
6 ch
Hodder

Role in the sentence - header and Hodder

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: header is anoun and Hodderaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56835, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

header is recorded at frequency rank #8,552, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈhɛdɚ/. Hodder is at rank #48,283, tagged as aname.

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 56835, this pair ranks #123,403 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of header vs Hodder

Shared letters: dehr. Private to "header": a. Private to "Hodder": o.

"header" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "Hodder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • headerehader · haeder · headder · headerr · headre · heaedr · hedaer · hheader
  • Hodderhdoder · hhodder · hodderr · hoddre · hodedr · hoder · ohdder

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "header" for "Hodder" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "header" is a noun and "Hodder" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "header" or "Hodder"?
"header" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,552 in our English list, against #48,283 for "Hodder". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "header" and "Hodder". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "header" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hodder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #123,403 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "header" and "Hodder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hodder vs holier". 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 #123,403 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