Which to use
“Hoare” is a name and “hour” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,979
- “Hoare” frequency rank
- #675
- “hour” frequency rank
- 50654
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Hoare | hour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname. | A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes). |
Letter map: Hoare vs hour
Shared letters muted; letters that set Hoare and hour apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hoare is aname and houranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50654, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Hoare is recorded at frequency rank #49,979, classified as aname. hour is at rank #675, tagged as anoun, pronounced /aʊə/.
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 50654, this pair ranks #172,317 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Hoare vs hour
Shared letters: hor. Private to "Hoare": ae. Private to "hour": u.
"Hoare" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "hour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC