# hooray

> English word · Interjection · IPA /həˈɹeɪ/ · frequency rank #22,403

## Definitions
1. Used to express approval, joy or victory.

## Etymology
Unknown, first attested in the late 17th c. Possible etymologies:
* Alteration of huzzah. This is however questionable.
* From hurra in German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian, húrra in Icelandic, hoera in Dutch.

## Easily confused with
- **hora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooray-vs-hora)
- **horny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooray-vs-horny)
- **Horan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooray-vs-horan)
- **hourly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooray-vs-hourly)
- **hurray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooray-vs-hurray)
- **hookah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hookah-vs-hooray)
- **honorary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honorary-vs-hooray)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hhooray`, `hooary`, `hoorayy`, `hoorray`, `hoorya`, `horay`, `horoay`, `ohoray`

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