hookvshoppWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: hook is a verb, hopp is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hook” is a verb and “hopp” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,987
“hook” frequency rank
#15,656
“hopp” frequency rank
39643
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hook hopp
Definition 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hooken in einer zügigen Art und Weise, oft mit fehlender Sorgfalt

Letter map: hook vs hopp

Shared letters muted; letters that set hook and hopp apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
hook
4 ch
hopp

Part-of-speech tell for hook / hopp

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hook is averb and hoppanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39643, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hook is recorded at frequency rank #23,987, classified as averb, pronounced [hʊk]. hopp is at rank #15,656, tagged as anadv, pronounced […].

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 39643, this pair ranks #1,530,989 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hook vs hopp

Shared letters: ho. Private to "hook": k. Private to "hopp": p.

"hook" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "hopp" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hookhhook · hok · hoko · hookk · ohok
  • hopphhopp · hop · hpop · ohpp

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hook" and "hopp" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hook" is a verb and "hopp" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hook" or "hopp"?
"hopp" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,656 in our German list, against #23,987 for "hook". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hook" and "hopp".

  • Full dictionary entry for "hook" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hopp" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,530,989 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hook" and "hopp" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "höh vs hook". 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 #1,530,989 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list