# hooked vs hooper

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hooked
*verb · IPA /hʊkt/ · frequency rank #8,045*
simple past and past participle of hook

### hooper
*noun · IPA /huːpəɹ/ · frequency rank #18,853*
The European whistling, or wild, swan (Cygnus cygnus).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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