# Homs vs hora

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Homs
*name · IPA /hɒms/ · frequency rank #34,921*
A city, the capital of the governorate of Homs, in western Syria.

### 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/homs-vs-hora