hops

[hɔps]

/[hɔps]/ intj

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The verdict

“hops” is uncommon German (frequency #58,882 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,882
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interjektion, die einen Sprung, einen Hüpfer beschreibt oder zu einem Sprung auffordert

Corpus desk

Index DE-hops · hops · German

hops · rank #58,882 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,882
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Homoehe

Nearest frequency peer: Homoehe (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „hops“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hops“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hops
PropertyValue
Headwordhops
LanguageGerman
Part of speechInterjection
IPA[hɔps]
Letters4
Frequency rank#58,882
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hops“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.hopsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Homoehe“ (#58,881), „Horns“ (#58,883), „Holzapfel“ (#58,880). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hops“ bei #58,882. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hops is uncommon German at frequency #58,882 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [hɔps]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Interjektion, die einen Sprung, einen Hüpfer beschreibt oder zu einem Sprung auffordert".

No generated misspelling entries exist for hops in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is hops, spelled H-O-P-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interjektion, die einen Sprung, einen Hüpfer beschreibt oder zu einem Sprung auffordert

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hops appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dann sind wir, hops, über den Graben gesprungen.
  2. Nun trau dich schon! Und hops!

Synonyms

hopsasahopphopsa

This word in other languages

hop(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hops"?
"hops" is spelled H-O-P-S. The IPA pronunciation is [hɔps].
What does "hops" mean?
As an interjection, "hops" means: Interjektion, die einen Sprung, einen Hüpfer beschreibt oder zu einem Sprung auffordert
How do you pronounce "hops"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hops" is [hɔps]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hops" come from?
"hops" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hops", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hage#58,842knew#58,929Gigs#58,823lime#58,971

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list