# hooper

> English word · Noun · IPA /huːpəɹ/ · frequency rank #18,853

## Definitions
1. The European whistling, or wild, swan (Cygnus cygnus).

## Etymology
From hoop (“to whoop, cry out”) + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **hope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooper-vs-hope)
- **hopes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooper-vs-hopes)
- **hoped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooper-vs-hoped)
- **hoops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooper-vs-hoops)
- **hover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooper-vs-hover)
- **hoyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooper-vs-hoyer)
- **hotter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooper-vs-hotter)
- **Hoover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooper-vs-hoover)
- **hopper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooper-vs-hopper)
- **horner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooper-vs-horner)
- **hooves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooper-vs-hooves)
- **hoopla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooper-vs-hoopla)
- **hooters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooper-vs-hooters)
- **Hoosier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooper-vs-hoosier)
- **hoop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoop-vs-hooper)
- **homer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homer-vs-hooper)
- **holder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-hooper)
- **harper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harper-vs-hooper)
- **hooked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooked-vs-hooper)
- **hooker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooker-vs-hooper)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hhooper`, `hooepr`, `hooperr`, `hoopper`, `hoopre`, `hopoer`, `ohoper`

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