Which to use
“hong” is a verb and “hour” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,838
- “hong” frequency rank
- #675
- “hour” frequency rank
- 3513
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hong | hour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | past of hang | A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes). |
Letter map: hong vs hour
Shared letters muted; letters that set hong and hour apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hong is averb and houranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hong is recorded at frequency rank #2,838, classified as averb. 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 3513, this pair ranks #521,888 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hong vs hour
Shared letters: ho. Private to "hong": gn. Private to "hour": ru.
"hong" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC