Which to use
“hooray” is an intj and “hora” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,403
- “hooray” frequency rank
- #49,403
- “hora” frequency rank
- 71806
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hooray | hora |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Used to express approval, joy or victory. | A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide. |
Letter map: hooray vs hora
Shared letters muted; letters that set hooray and hora apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. hooray runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against hora's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for hooray / hora
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hooray is anintj and horaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hooray is recorded at frequency rank #22,403, classified as anintj, pronounced /həˈɹeɪ/. hora is at rank #49,403, tagged as anoun.
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 71806, this pair ranks #45,325 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hooray vs hora
Shared letters: ahor. Private to "hooray": y. Private to "hora": -.
"hooray" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "hora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hooray" and "hora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "hooray" vs "hora" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hooray" and "hora".
- Full dictionary entry for "hooray" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,325 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hooray" and "hora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hoke vs hora". 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 #45,325 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.