Which to use
“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 |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | En la baraja alemana, uno de los cuatro colores. | Libro sacro con oraciones, iluminaciones y devociones para recitar en determinados momentos del día. |
Where the eye mixes hojas and horas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hojas" and "horas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "hojas" or "horas" show up more?
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.