# hogg

> English word · Noun · IPA /hɒɡ/ · frequency rank #23,862

## Definitions
1. A young sheep of either gender, until it cuts its first two teeth; a hogget.

## Etymology
See hogget (“young sheep”)

## Easily confused with
- **how** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-how)
- **hot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-hot)
- **hop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-hop)
- **hug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-hug)
- **hon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-hon)
- **hoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-hoo)
- **Hou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-hou)
- **hoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-hoy)
- **hos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-hos)
- **hoh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-hoh)
- **hoi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-hoi)
- **Hom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-hom)
- **hor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-hor)
- **HOV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-hov)
- **home** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-home)
- **hope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-hope)
- **hold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-hold)
- **hour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-hour)
- **huge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-huge)
- **holy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogg-vs-holy)

## Common misspellings (3)
`hgog`, `hhogg`, `ohgg`

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