Which to use
“Hopkins” is a name and “hopping” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,437
- “Hopkins” frequency rank
- #16,490
- “hopping” frequency rank
- 24927
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Hopkins | hopping |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An English, Irish and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic. | hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent. |
Letter map: Hopkins vs hopping
Shared letters muted; letters that set Hopkins and hopping apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Hopkins and hopping follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for Hopkins / hopping
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hopkins is aname and hoppinganoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24927, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Hopkins is recorded at frequency rank #8,437, classified as aname, pronounced /ˈhɑp.kɪnz/. hopping is at rank #16,490, tagged as anoun.
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 24927, this pair ranks #398,251 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Hopkins vs hopping
Shared letters: hinop. Private to "Hopkins": ks. Private to "hopping": g.
"Hopkins" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "hopping" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Hopkins" for "hopping" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Hopkins" vs "hopping" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Hopkins" and "hopping".
- Full dictionary entry for "Hopkins" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hopping" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #398,251 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Hopkins" and "hopping" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heaping vs hopping". 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 #398,251 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.