horvshoyerWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: hor is a pronoun, hoyer is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hor” is a pronoun and “hoyer” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,433
“hor” frequency rank
#37,498
“hoyer” frequency rank
82931
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hor hoyer
Definition her A device for transferring a person with serious mobility issues to and from the floor, a mobility device (such as a wheelchair), seating, and a bed.

Letter map: hor vs hoyer

Shared letters muted; letters that set hor and hoyer apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hor runs 3 letters (CVC) against hoyer's 5 (CVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
hor
5 ch
hoyer

Role in the sentence - hor and hoyer

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hor is apronoun and hoyeranoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hor is recorded at frequency rank #45,433, classified as apron, pronounced /høː/. hoyer is at rank #37,498, 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 82931, this pair ranks #14,804 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hor vs hoyer

Shared letters: hor. Private to "hor": -. Private to "hoyer": ey.

"hor" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "hoyer" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hoyer ← hhoyer · hoeyr · hoyerr · hoyre · hoyyer · hyoer · ohyer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hor" for "hoyer" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hor" is a pronoun and "hoyer" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hor" or "hoyer"?
"hoyer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,498 in our English list, against #45,433 for "hor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "hor" vs "hoyer" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hoyer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,804 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hor" and "hoyer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hoke vs hor". 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 #14,804 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list