hopvshoraWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“hop” and “hora” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,629
“hop” frequency rank
#49,403
“hora” frequency rank
53032
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hop hora
Definition A short jump. A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.

Letter map: hop vs hora

Shared letters muted; letters that set hop and hora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
hop
4 ch
hora

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

hop and hora are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53032, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hop is recorded at frequency rank #3,629, classified as anoun, pronounced /hɒp/. 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 53032, this pair ranks #152,234 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hop vs hora

Shared letters: ho. Private to "hop": p. Private to "hora": ar.

"hop" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "hora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • horahhora · hoar · horra · hroa · ohra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hop" and "hora" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "hop" or "hora"?
"hop" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,629 in our English list, against #49,403 for "hora". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list