# hood

> English word · Noun · IPA /hʊd/ · frequency rank #5,051

## Definitions
1. A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
2. A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
3. A distinctively colored fold of material, representing a university degree.
4. An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
5. Particular parts of conveyances
6. Particular parts of conveyances
7. Particular parts of conveyances
8. Particular parts of conveyances
9. Particular parts of conveyances
10. Various body parts
11. Various body parts
12. Various body parts
13. Various body parts

## Etymology
From Middle English hood, hod, from Old English hōd, from Proto-West Germanic *hōd, from Old English hōd, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to cover”).
See also Saterland Frisian Houd (“hat; hood”), West Frisian/Dutch hoed (“hat”), Cimbrian huat, huut (“hat”), German Hut (“hat”), German Low German Hood (“hat; hood”), Luxembourgish Hutt (“hat”); also Proto-Iranian *xawdaH (“hat”) (Avestan 𐬑𐬂𐬛𐬀 (xåda), Old Persian 𐎧𐎢𐎭 (x-u-d /⁠xaudā⁠/)). More at hat.

## Easily confused with
- **how** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-how)
- **hot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-hot)
- **hop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-hop)
- **HUD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-hud)
- **Hou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-hou)
- **hoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-hoy)
- **hos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-hos)
- **hor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-hor)
- **HOV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-hov)
- **hope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-hope)
- **hour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-hour)
- **host** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-host)
- **hook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-hook)
- **horn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-horn)
- **hose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-hose)
- **Howe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-howe)
- **hoop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-hoop)
- **howl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-howl)
- **hoof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-hoof)
- **hove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-hove)

## Common misspellings (4)
`hhood`, `hodo`, `hoodd`, `ohod`

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