hora
[ˈoɾa]
The verdict
“hora” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #286 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #286
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hora |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈoɾa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #286 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hora” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for hora is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for hora, with forms such as "hhora", "hoar", and "horra". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is hora, spelled H-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1Cada 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.
- 2Tiempo señalado por el reloj.
- 3Momento determinado del día en que normalmente se hace algo u ocurre algo.
- 4Momento fijado de antemano para cierta actividad.
- 5Últimos momentos de la vida.
- 6Cada una de las 24 partes de 15 grados en que dividen los astrónomos la línea equinoccial.
- 7Libro sacro con devociones.
- 8En mitología griega, hijas de Zeus y de Temis, diosas del orden moral.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhora,hoar,horra,hroa,ohra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hora - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “hora”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-O-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈoɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hoy” - see the side-by-side comparison. hora vs hoy
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.