hora
['ɒ.rɐ]
The verdict
“hora” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #232 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #232
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - período de sessenta minutos de tempo; unidade de medida de tempo
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hora |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ['ɒ.rɐ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hora” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for hora is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for hora, with forms such as "hhora", "hoar", and "horra". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hot", "hour", "hurt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is hora, spelled H-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1período de sessenta minutos de tempo; unidade de medida de tempo
- 2um vinte e quatro avos do período de um dia
- 3momento adequado, ocasião, oportunidade
- 4tempo em que habitualmente se exerce função ou atividade
- 5compromisso ou consulta agendado previamente
- 6carga horária semanal que o trabalhador deve cumprir
- 7carga horária semanal de professor, incluindo-se tempo destinado a sala de aula, pesquisa e preparação de material didático e a reuniões administrativas
- 8tempo de duração indeterminada
- 9cada um dos sete ofícios divinos que formam as horas canônicas
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhora,hoar,horra,hroa,ohra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hora - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “hora”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-O-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ['ɒ.rɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hot” - see the side-by-side comparison. hora vs hot
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.