Hoppe
"hoppe" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hoppe” is uncommon English (frequency #66,729 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,729
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hoppe · Hoppe · English
Hoppe · rank #66,729 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,729
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hollandaise
Nearest frequency peer: hollandaise (-5 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 “Hoppe”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hitchin
Hitchin
33,281 corpus weight
- Holl
Holl
33,278 corpus weight
- hollandaise
hollandaise
33,277 corpus weight
- Hoppe
Hoppe
33,272 corpus weight
- hypochondri…
hypochondriac
33,265 corpus weight
- Hywel
Hywel
33,264 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hoppe” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hoppe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,729 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hoppe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hoppe is uncommon English at frequency #66,729 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Hoppe, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: * As a Dutch and German surname, spelling variant of Hopp. * Also as a German surname, nickname from hoppen (“to hop”); see hüpfen. * As a Danish surname, from the German surname Hopf, as well as Danish hoppe (“mare, horse”). * As an English surname, spelli… The correct English form is Hoppe, spelled H-O-P-P-E.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
* As a Dutch and German surname, spelling variant of Hopp. * Also as a German surname, nickname from hoppen (“to hop”); see hüpfen. * As a Danish surname, from the German surname Hopf, as well as Danish hoppe (“mare, horse”). * As an English surname, spelling variant of Hopper.
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).