# hooker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhʊk.ə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #11,041

## Definitions
1. One who, or that which, hooks.
2. A player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.
3. A batsman or batswoman adept at or fond of playing hook shots.
4. A crocheter.
5. Synonym of hook (“attention-grabbing element of a creative work”).
6. A thief who uses a pole with a hook on the end to steal goods.

## Etymology
From hook (verb) + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **hooks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooker-vs-hooks)
- **hover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooker-vs-hover)
- **hoyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooker-vs-hoyer)
- **hotter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooker-vs-hotter)
- **Hoover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooker-vs-hoover)
- **hopper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooker-vs-hopper)
- **hooper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooker-vs-hooper)
- **hookup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooker-vs-hookup)
- **horner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooker-vs-horner)
- **hooves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooker-vs-hooves)
- **hooters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooker-vs-hooters)
- **Hoosier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooker-vs-hoosier)
- **hook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hook-vs-hooker)
- **hoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoke-vs-hooker)
- **homer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homer-vs-hooker)
- **hiker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiker-vs-hooker)
- **hokey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-hooker)
- **hockey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hockey-vs-hooker)
- **holder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-hooker)
- **hooked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooked-vs-hooker)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hhooker`, `hoker`, `hokoer`, `hooekr`, `hookerr`, `hookker`, `hookre`, `ohoker`

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