hookup
/ˈhʊkʌp/noun
hookup is spelled H-O-O-K-U-P: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hookup means “A connection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hookup is hookups.
How many letters and syllables are in hookup?
| Letters | 6: H-O-O-K-U-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hookup?
Hookup appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hookup?
- /ˈhʊkʌp/
Hookup has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-hookup.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with hookup
Also written: hook-up (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of hookup
- hookups plural
- hook-up
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hookup mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A connection.
The plumber came to fix the sewer hookup.
- 2
slangA brief sexual relationship or encounter.
He met his two most recent partners at bars, and expressed strong ambivalence and dislike of meeting partners online, but reported half a dozen additional hookups with partners met online.
- 3
slangA sexual partner.
The predominant way of finding a hookup or sexual partner would be going online.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hookup in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense connection:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hookup come from?
A deverbal from hook up.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).