hojasvshoursTell them apart

Which to use

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

#2,504
“hojas” frequency rank
#34,614
“hours” frequency rank
37118
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hojas hours
Definition En la baraja alemana, uno de los cuatro colores. Forma del plural de hour.

Where the eye mixes hojas and hours

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
hojas
5 ch
hours

Visual trap between hojas and hours

A purely visual mix-up. hojas ([ˈoxas]) and hours (/ˈaʊəz/) 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 37118, 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]. hours is at rank #34,614, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈaʊəz/.

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 37118, this pair ranks #177,006 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hojas vs hours

Shared letters: hos. Private to "hojas": aj. Private to "hours": ru.

"hojas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "hours" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hojashhojas · hjoas · hoajs · hojass · hojjas · hojsa · ohjas
  • hourshhours · horus · hourrs · hourss · housr · huors · ohurs

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hojas" and "hours" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈoxas] versus /ˈaʊəz/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "hojas" or "hours"?
"hojas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,504 in our Spanish list, against #34,614 for "hours". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "hojas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #177,006 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hojas" and "hours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "horn vs hours". 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 #177,006 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