# hokey

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhəʊki/ · frequency rank #45,980

## Definitions
1. Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.
2. Corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental.

## Etymology
From the verb hoke (“to give an artificial feel to”), from hokum.

## Easily confused with
- **hoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-hoy)
- **home** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-home)
- **hope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-hope)
- **holy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-holy)
- **hole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-hole)
- **hose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-hose)
- **Howe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-howe)
- **hone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-hone)
- **Huey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-huey)
- **hove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-hove)
- **hotel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-hotel)
- **homes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-homes)
- **hopes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-hopes)
- **honey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-honey)
- **holes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-holes)
- **hoped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-hoped)
- **homer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-homer)
- **holly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-holly)
- **horny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-horny)
- **hover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-hover)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hhokey`, `hkoey`, `hoeky`, `hokeyy`, `hokkey`, `hokye`, `ohkey`

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