# hora vs hour

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hora
*noun · frequency rank #49,403*
A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.

### hour
*noun · IPA /aʊə/ · frequency rank #675*
A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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