Which to use
“hour” is a noun and “Hus” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #675
- “hour” frequency rank
- #42,702
- “Hus” frequency rank
- 43377
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hour | Hus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes). | A surname from Czech, notably borne by Jan Hus, a Czech religious reformer. |
Letter map: hour vs Hus
Shared letters muted; letters that set hour and Hus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hour runs 4 letters (CVVC) against Hus's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - hour and Hus
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hour is anoun and Husaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hour is recorded at frequency rank #675, classified as anoun, pronounced /aʊə/. Hus is at rank #42,702, 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 43377, this pair ranks #240,538 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hour vs Hus
Shared letters: hu. Private to "hour": or. Private to "Hus": s.
"hour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Hus" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hour ← hhour · horu · hourr · huor · ohur
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hour" and "Hus" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "hour" or "Hus"?
What to do next
Pair "hour" vs "Hus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "hour" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Hus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,538 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hour" and "Hus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "humps vs Hus". 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 #240,538 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.