# Horace vs horde

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Horace
*name · IPA /ˈhɒɹɪs/ · frequency rank #14,561*
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, a poet and philosopher of the Roman Augustan Age (65–8 BCE).

### horde
*noun · IPA /hɔːd/ · frequency rank #21,541*
A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.

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