harivshoraWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“hari” and “hora” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#37,129
“hari” frequency rank
#286
“hora” frequency rank
37415
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hari hora
Definition Hilo 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.

Where the eye mixes hari and hora

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
hari
4 ch
hora

Why the eye confuses hari with hora

A purely visual mix-up. hari (/a.ɾi/) and hora ([ˈoɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37415, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hari is recorded at frequency rank #37,129, classified as anoun, pronounced /a.ɾi/. hora is at rank #286, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈoɾa].

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 37415, this pair ranks #175,421 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hari vs hora

Shared letters: ahr. Private to "hari": i. Private to "hora": o.

"hari" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hariahri · harri · hhari · hrai
  • horahhora · hoar · horra · hroa · ohra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hari" for "hora" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/a.ɾi/ versus [ˈoɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "hari" or "hora" show up more?
"hora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #286 in our Spanish list, against #37,129 for "hari". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "hari" and "hora" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hari" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #175,421 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hari" and "hora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hahn vs hari". 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 #175,421 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list