Which to use
“hoh” is an intj and “hough” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,846
- “hoh” frequency rank
- #29,686
- “hough” frequency rank
- 62532
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hoh | hough |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Alternative form of ho. | Alternative form of hock (“the hollow behind the knee”). |
Letter map: hoh vs hough
Shared letters muted; letters that set hoh and hough apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hoh runs 3 letters (CVC) against hough's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - hoh and hough
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hoh is anintj and houghanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62532, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hoh is recorded at frequency rank #32,846, classified as anintj. hough is at rank #29,686, tagged as anoun, pronounced /hɒk/.
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 62532, this pair ranks #87,982 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hoh vs hough
Shared letters: ho. Private to "hoh": -. Private to "hough": gu.
"hoh" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hough" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hough ← hhough · hoguh · houggh · houghh · houhg · huogh · ohugh
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "hoh" and "hough". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hoh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hough" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,982 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hoh" and "hough" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hoh 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 #87,982 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.