Which to use
“hour” is a noun and “houve” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,099
- “hour” frequency rank
- #672
- “houve” frequency rank
- 13771
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hour | houve |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | hora | primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo haver |
Letter map: hour vs houve
Shared letters muted; letters that set hour and houve apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hour runs 4 letters (CVVC) against houve's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for hour / houve
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hour is anoun and houveaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13771, 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/. houve is at rank #672, tagged as averb.
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 13771, this pair ranks #58,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hour vs houve
Shared letters: hou. Private to "hour": r. Private to "houve": ev.
"hour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "houve" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hour" and "houve" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "hour" vs "houve" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "hour" and "houve". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hour" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "houve" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hour" and "houve" 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 #58,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.