Which to use
“hots” and “hour” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,029
- “hots” frequency rank
- #675
- “hour” frequency rank
- 37704
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hots | hour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A condition of physical attraction toward (for) someone. | A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes). |
Letter map: hots vs hour
Shared letters muted; letters that set hots and hour apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Corpus notes: hots and hour
hots 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 37704, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hots is recorded at frequency rank #37,029, 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 37704, this pair ranks #292,253 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hots vs hour
Shared letters: ho. Private to "hots": st. Private to "hour": ru.
"hots" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hots" and "hour" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "hots" vs "hour" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hots" and "hour".
- Full dictionary entry for "hots" 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 #292,253 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hots" and "hour" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hoke vs hots". 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 #292,253 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.