Confusables Entry 452 / 1011 60-second read

Hoarse vs. Horse

Throat-raspy versus the animal.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

Yelling made her horse.

✓ Correct

Yelling made her hoarse.

The ruleii

HOARSE = raspy throat. HORSE = animal.

HOARSE (OA) describes a raspy voice. HORSE (OR) is the animal.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

hOArse has an OA — an OpEn throat."

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