# hour vs hurl

> 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).

### hurl
*verb · IPA /hɜːl/ · frequency rank #32,438*
To throw (something) with force.

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