Which to use
“hart” and “hora” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,268
- “hart” frequency rank
- #286
- “hora” frequency rank
- 18554
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hart | hora |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cuerda, soga, en especial la empleada para ejecutar criminales colgandolos. | 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 hart and hora
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between hart and hora
A purely visual mix-up. hart (/ar/) 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 18554, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hart is recorded at frequency rank #18,268, classified as anoun, pronounced /ar/. 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 18554, this pair ranks #267,435 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hart vs hora
Shared letters: ahr. Private to "hart": t. Private to "hora": o.
"hart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "hart" and "hora" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hart" 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 #267,435 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hart" and "hora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hahn vs hart". 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 #267,435 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.