# how vs Hoya

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### how
*adverb · IPA /haʊ/ · frequency rank #67*
To what degree or extent.

### Hoya
*noun · frequency rank #44,262*
A member of the Georgetown Hoyas, the official athletics teams of Georgetown University in the United States.

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