Which to use
“hora” and “hour” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,403
- “hora” frequency rank
- #675
- “hour” frequency rank
- 50078
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hora | hour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide. | A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes). |
Letter map: hora vs hour
Shared letters muted; letters that set hora and hour apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hora (CVCV) and hour (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Corpus notes: hora and hour
hora and hour 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50078, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hora is recorded at frequency rank #49,403, classified as anoun. 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 50078, this pair ranks #177,568 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hora vs hour
Shared letters: hor. Private to "hora": a. Private to "hour": u.
"hora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hora" and "hour" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hora" or "hour"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "hora" and "hour". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #177,568 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hora" and "hour" 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 #177,568 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.