# hop

> English word · Noun · IPA /hɒp/ · frequency rank #3,629

## Definitions
1. A short jump.
2. A jump on one leg.
3. A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
4. A brief period of development or progress.
5. A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
6. A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.
7. The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.

## Etymology
From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian (“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-West Germanic *huppōn, from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend, bow”).
Cognate with Dutch hoppen (“to hop”), German hopfen, hoppen (“to hop”), Danish hoppe (“to hop, leap, jump”), Swedish hoppa (“to hop, leap, jump”), Icelandic hoppa (“to hop, skip”).

## Easily confused with
- **HR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hr)
- **HP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hp)
- **HQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hq)
- **Hu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hu)
- **hv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hv)
- **how** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-how)
- **hot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hot)
- **huh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-huh)
- **hug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hug)
- **hub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hub)
- **hut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hut)
- **hum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hum)
- **hue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hue)
- **hun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hun)
- **HUD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hud)
- **hwy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hwy)
- **hua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hua)
- **hye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hye)
- **hui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hui)
- **HPV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hop-vs-hpv)

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