# hoodie

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhʊdi/ · frequency rank #17,158

## Definitions
1. A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.
2. A young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male, stereotypically associated with antisocial behaviour.
3. A foreskin.
4. The hooded crow, Corvus cornix.

## Etymology
From hood + -ie (diminutive suffix). In sense “person wearing a hoodie”, influenced by sense -ie (“person associated with suffixed noun, often derogatory”); compare townie.

## Easily confused with
- **horde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoodie-vs-horde)
- **Howie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoodie-vs-howie)
- **hoods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoodie-vs-hoods)
- **hottie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoodie-vs-hottie)
- **hoodoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoodie-vs-hoodoo)
- **Hoosier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoodie-vs-hoosier)
- **hood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hood-vs-hoodie)
- **Hodge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-hoodie)
- **homie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-hoodie)
- **hooded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooded-vs-hoodie)
- **Hardie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hardie-vs-hoodie)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hhoodie`, `hodie`, `hodoie`, `hooddie`, `hoodei`, `hooide`, `ohodie`

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