Which to use
“Hoff” is a name and “hour” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,281
- “Hoff” frequency rank
- #675
- “hour” frequency rank
- 40956
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Hoff | hour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | David Hasselhoff. | A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes). |
Letter map: Hoff vs hour
Shared letters muted; letters that set Hoff and hour apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - Hoff and hour
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hoff is aname and houranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Hoff is recorded at frequency rank #40,281, 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 40956, this pair ranks #262,847 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Hoff vs hour
Shared letters: ho. Private to "Hoff": f. Private to "hour": ru.
"Hoff" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Hoff" and "hour" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "Hoff" vs "hour" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "Hoff" vs "hour" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Hoff" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #262,847 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Hoff" and "hour" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hoff vs hoke". 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 #262,847 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.