Which to use
“hour” and “house” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,099
- “hour” frequency rank
- #2,684
- “house” frequency rank
- 15783
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hour | house |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | hora | casa |
Where the eye mixes hour and house
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: hour vs house
A purely visual mix-up. hour (/aʊr/) and house (/haʊs/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15783, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hour is recorded at frequency rank #13,099, classified as anoun, pronounced /aʊr/. house is at rank #2,684, tagged as anoun, pronounced /haʊs/.
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 15783, this pair ranks #55,940 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hour vs house
Shared letters: hou. Private to "hour": r. Private to "house": es.
"hour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "house" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hour" and "house" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "hour" vs "house" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "hour" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "house" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,940 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hour" and "house" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hour vs hui". 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 #55,940 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.