hooped
/huːpt/
"hooped" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hooped” is uncommon English (frequency #93,795 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,795
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Containing hoops
Corpus desk
Index EN-hooped · hooped · English
hooped · rank #93,795 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,795
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hoose
Nearest frequency peer: hoose (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “hooped”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hermia
Hermia
6,211 corpus weight
- hooped
hooped
6,206 corpus weight
- hoose
hoose
6,205 corpus weight
- housebreaki…
housebreaking
6,202 corpus weight
- houseful
houseful
6,201 corpus weight
- howsoever
howsoever
6,200 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hooped” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hooped |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /huːpt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #93,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hooped” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hooped is uncommon English at frequency #93,795 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /huːpt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for hooped in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is hooped, spelled H-O-O-P-E-D.
Definition
- 1Containing hoops
- 2beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; screwed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hooped appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wayne Zandarco says he doesn't have a Plan B for a possible shutdown of bus service. "I'm hooped," he said.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).