# hookah

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhʊ.kə/ · frequency rank #36,605

## Definitions
1. A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.
2. A tankless surface air compressor pump and umbilical piping system that supplies air to a diving mask.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani حقہ / हुक़्क़ा (huqqā) and, in turn, derived from Arabic حُقَّة (ḥuqqa, “pot, jar”), from حُقّ (ḥuqq, “cavity, hollow”).

## Easily confused with
- **hooks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hookah-vs-hooks)
- **hooked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hookah-vs-hooked)
- **hooker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hookah-vs-hooker)
- **hooray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hookah-vs-hooray)
- **hookup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hookah-vs-hookup)
- **hook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hook-vs-hookah)
- **hooch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooch-vs-hookah)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hhookah`, `hokah`, `hokoah`, `hooakh`, `hookahh`, `hookha`, `hookkah`, `ohokah`

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