# honk

> English word · Verb · IPA /hɒŋk/ · frequency rank #30,832

## Definitions
1. To use a car horn.
2. To make a loud, harsh sound like a car horn.
3. To make the vocal sound of a goose.
4. To vomit.
5. To have a bad smell.
6. To squeeze playfully, usually a breast or nose.

## Etymology
Onomatopoeic.

## Easily confused with
- **how** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-how)
- **hot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-hot)
- **hop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-hop)
- **hoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-hoo)
- **hun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-hun)
- **Hou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-hou)
- **hoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-hoy)
- **hos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-hos)
- **hor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-hor)
- **HOV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-hov)
- **hope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-hope)
- **hour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-hour)
- **host** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-host)
- **hunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-hunt)
- **hook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-hook)
- **hood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-hood)
- **hung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-hung)
- **horn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-horn)
- **hose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-hose)
- **hulk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honk-vs-hulk)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hhonk`, `hnok`, `hokn`, `honkk`, `honnk`, `ohnk`

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