hora

/['ɒ.rɐ]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#232

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

hora is aPortuguesenoun. It means: período de sessenta minutos de tempo; unidade de medida de tempo Pronounced ['ɒ.rɐ]. It ranks #232 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with hot and hour.

Key facts for hora
PropertyValue
Headwordhora
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA['ɒ.rɐ]
Letters4
Frequency rank#232
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hora in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for hora is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ['ɒ.rɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #232 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for hora, with forms such as "hhora", "hoar", and "horra". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hot", "hour", "hurt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is hora, spelled H-O-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    período de sessenta minutos de tempo; unidade de medida de tempo
  2. 2
    um vinte e quatro avos do período de um dia
  3. 3
    momento adequado, ocasião, oportunidade
  4. 4
    tempo em que habitualmente se exerce função ou atividade
  5. 5
    compromisso ou consulta agendado previamente
  6. 6
    carga horária semanal que o trabalhador deve cumprir
  7. 7
    carga horária semanal de professor, incluindo-se tempo destinado a sala de aula, pesquisa e preparação de material didático e a reuniões administrativas
  8. 8
    tempo de duração indeterminada
  9. 9
    cada um dos sete ofícios divinos que formam as horas canônicas

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhora,hoar,horra,hroa,ohra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hora

Misspelling Variants of "hora"

hhora5hoar4horra5hroa4ohra4
Misspelling Variants of "hora"

Frequency rank: #232 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hora"?
"hora" is spelled H-O-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is ['ɒ.rɐ].
What does "hora" mean?
As a noun, "hora" means: período de sessenta minutos de tempo; unidade de medida de tempo
What words are commonly confused with "hora"?
"hora" is commonly confused with "hot", "hour", "hurt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hora"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hora" is ['ɒ.rɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hora" come from?
"hora" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter H in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.