# Hiram vs hora

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Hiram
*name · IPA /ˈhaɪɹəm/ · frequency rank #30,828*
A king of Tyre. (biblical character)

### hora
*noun · frequency rank #49,403*
A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiram-vs-hora