hervshoraWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: her is a adjective, hora is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“her” is an adjective and “hora” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,857
“her” frequency rank
#232
“hora” frequency rank
10089
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature her hora
Definition adjetivo possessivo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, dela período de sessenta minutos de tempo; unidade de medida de tempo

Letter map: her vs hora

Shared letters muted; letters that set her and hora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
her
4 ch
hora

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: her is anadjective and horaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

her is recorded at frequency rank #9,857, classified as anadj. hora is at rank #232, tagged as anoun, pronounced ['ɒ.rɐ].

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 10089, this pair ranks #63,137 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of her vs hora

Shared letters: hr. Private to "her": e. Private to "hora": ao.

"her" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "hora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • horahhora · hoar · horra · hroa · ohra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "her" and "hora" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "her" is an adjective and "hora" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "her" or "hora"?
"hora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #232 in our Portuguese list, against #9,857 for "her". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "her" and "hora". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "her" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,137 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "her" and "hora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haber vs her". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list