# hoping vs Hopkins

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hoping
*verb · IPA /ˈhoʊpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,160*
present participle and gerund of hope

### Hopkins
*name · IPA /ˈhɑp.kɪnz/ · frequency rank #8,437*
An English, Irish and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoping-vs-hopkins