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

#2,504
“hojas” frequency rank
#279
“horas” frequency rank
2783
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hojas horas
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Where the eye mixes hojas and horas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

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hojas
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Look-alike desk: hojas vs horas

A purely visual mix-up. hojas ([ˈoxas]) and horas ([ˈoɾas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - j in “hojas” becomes r in “horas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2783, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hojas is recorded at frequency rank #2,504, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈoxas]. horas is at rank #279, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈoɾas].

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 2783, this pair ranks #319,648 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hojas vs horas

Shared letters: ahos. Private to "hojas": j. Private to "horas": r.

"hojas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "horas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hojashhojas · hjoas · hoajs · hojass · hojjas · hojsa · ohjas
  • horashhoras · hoars · horass · horras · horsa · hroas · ohras

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hojas" and "horas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈoxas] versus [ˈoɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "hojas" or "horas" show up more?
"horas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #279 in our Spanish list, against #2,504 for "hojas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hojas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "horas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #319,648 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hojas" and "horas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "honran vs horas". 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 #319,648 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