# hour vs hum

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### hum
*noun · IPA /ˈhʌm/ · frequency rank #13,172*
A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hour-vs-hum