hora

/[ˈoɾa]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#286

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

hora is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cada una de las 24 partes de igual duración en que se divide el día, a su vez subdivididas cada una de ellas en 60 minutos. Pronounced [ˈoɾa]. It ranks #286 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with hoy and hot.

Key facts for hora
PropertyValue
Headwordhora
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈoɾa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#286
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hora in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hora is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈoɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #286 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for hora, with forms such as "hhora", "hoar", and "horra". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hoy", "hot", "how", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is hora, spelled H-O-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cada una de las 24 partes de igual duración en que se divide el día, a su vez subdivididas cada una de ellas en 60 minutos.
  2. 2
    Tiempo señalado por el reloj.
  3. 3
    Momento determinado del día en que normalmente se hace algo u ocurre algo.
  4. 4
    Momento fijado de antemano para cierta actividad.
  5. 5
    Últimos momentos de la vida.
  6. 6
    Cada una de las 24 partes de 15 grados en que dividen los astrónomos la línea equinoccial.
  7. 7
    Libro sacro con devociones.
  8. 8
    En mitología griega, hijas de Zeus y de Temis, diosas del orden moral.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhora,hoar,horra,hroa,ohra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hora

Misspelling Variants of "hora"

hhora5hoar4horra5hroa4ohra4
Misspelling Variants of "hora"

Frequency rank: #286 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hora"?
"hora" is spelled H-O-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈoɾa].
What does "hora" mean?
As a noun, "hora" means: Cada una de las 24 partes de igual duración en que se divide el día, a su vez subdivididas cada una de ellas en 60 minutos.
What words are commonly confused with "hora"?
"hora" is commonly confused with "hoy", "hot", "how". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hora"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hora" is [ˈoɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hora" come from?
"hora" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter H in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.