Which to use
“hourly” is an adjective and “hurley” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,043
- “hourly” frequency rank
- #19,108
- “hurley” frequency rank
- 30151
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hourly | hurley |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Occurring every hour. | A stick used in the game of hurling. |
Letter map: hourly vs hurley
Shared letters muted; letters that set hourly and hurley apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for hourly / hurley
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hourly is anadjective and hurleyanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30151, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hourly is recorded at frequency rank #11,043, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈaʊ̯əli/. hurley is at rank #19,108, tagged as anoun.
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 30151, this pair ranks #356,951 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hourly vs hurley
Shared letters: hlruy. Private to "hourly": o. Private to "hurley": e.
"hourly" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "hurley" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hourly" and "hurley" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "hourly" vs "hurley" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "hourly" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hurley" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,951 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hourly" and "hurley" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hervey vs hurley". 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 #356,951 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.