Which to use
“hour” is a noun and “Hsu” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #675
- “hour” frequency rank
- #30,084
- “Hsu” frequency rank
- 30759
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hour | Hsu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes). | A surname. |
Letter map: hour vs Hsu
Shared letters muted; letters that set hour and Hsu apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hour is anoun and Hsuaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30759, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hour is recorded at frequency rank #675, classified as anoun, pronounced /aʊə/. Hsu is at rank #30,084, tagged as aname.
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 30759, this pair ranks #351,801 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hour vs Hsu
Shared letters: hu. Private to "hour": or. Private to "Hsu": s.
"hour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Hsu" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hour ← hhour · horu · hourr · huor · ohur