# hooded

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhʊdɪd/ · frequency rank #20,133

## Definitions
1. Wearing a hood.
2. Covered with a hood.
3. Shaped like a hood.
4. Having a crest or similar elastic skin or muscle or bone in the neck or behind-the-head area.
5. Having a single, unbroken line of colour from the full head down to the spine and possibly towards the tail.
6. Fitted with a hood.
7. Having thick, drooping eyelids.
8. Uncircumcised.

## Etymology
From hood + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **hoped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooded-vs-hoped)
- **horde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooded-vs-horde)
- **hoods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooded-vs-hoods)
- **hosted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooded-vs-hosted)
- **hooked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooded-vs-hooked)
- **hooker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooded-vs-hooker)
- **housed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooded-vs-housed)
- **Hoover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooded-vs-hoover)
- **hoodie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooded-vs-hoodie)
- **hooper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooded-vs-hooper)
- **horned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooded-vs-horned)
- **hooves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooded-vs-hooves)
- **hotbed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooded-vs-hotbed)
- **hoodoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooded-vs-hoodoo)
- **hounded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooded-vs-hounded)
- **hood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-hooded)
- **holed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holed-vs-hooded)
- **honed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honed-vs-hooded)
- **headed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-hooded)
- **handed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hooded)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hhooded`, `hoded`, `hodoed`, `hoodde`, `hoodded`, `hoodedd`, `hooedd`, `ohoded`

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