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“honra” and “hours” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,266
- “honra” frequency rank
- #34,614
- “hours” frequency rank
- 47880
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | honra | hours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aprecio y respeto por las virtudes y meritos propios. | Forma del plural de hour. |
Where the eye mixes honra and hours
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: honra vs hours
A purely visual mix-up. honra ([ˈõnra]) 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 47880, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
honra is recorded at frequency rank #13,266, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈõnra]. 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 47880, this pair ranks #117,566 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of honra vs hours
Shared letters: hor. Private to "honra": an. Private to "hours": su.
"honra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "hours" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "honra" and "hours" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "honra" 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 #117,566 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "honra" 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 #117,566 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.