Which to use
“hers” is a pronoun and “hora” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,460
- “hers” frequency rank
- #49,403
- “hora” frequency rank
- 56863
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hers | hora |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun. | A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide. |
Letter map: hers vs hora
Shared letters muted; letters that set hers and hora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for hers / hora
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hers is apronoun and horaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56863, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hers is recorded at frequency rank #7,460, classified as apron, pronounced /ˈhɜːz/. 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 56863, this pair ranks #123,219 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hers vs hora
Shared letters: hr. Private to "hers": es. Private to "hora": ao.
"hers" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "hers" 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 #123,219 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hers" 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 #123,219 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.