# hopper

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhɒp.ə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #15,425

## Definitions
1. One who or that which hops.
2. A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
3. A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
4. A bin or device that feeds material into a machine.
5. Various insects
6. Various insects
7. Various insects
8. Various insects
9. Various insects
10. An artificial fishing lure.
11. A toilet.
12. An escapement lever in a piano.
13. The game of hopscotch.
14. A window with hinges at the bottom, opened by tilting vertically.
15. A hopper car.
16. A fairy chess piece which moves only by jumping over another piece.
17. A person or machine that picks hops.

## Etymology
From Middle English hoppere, alteration of *hoppe (found in grashoppe (“grasshopper”)), from Old English *hoppa (“one who hops, hopper”), equivalent to hop + -er. Cognate with Dutch hopper (“hopper”), Swedish hoppare (“hopper, jumper”), Icelandic hoppari (“hopper”).

## Easily confused with
- **hover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hopper-vs-hover)
- **hoyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hopper-vs-hoyer)
- **hoppy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hopper-vs-hoppy)
- **hotter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hopper-vs-hotter)
- **horner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hopper-vs-horner)
- **hope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hope-vs-hopper)
- **hopes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hopes-vs-hopper)
- **hoped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoped-vs-hopper)
- **homer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homer-vs-hopper)
- **happen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/happen-vs-hopper)
- **holder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-hopper)
- **harper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harper-vs-hopper)
- **hooker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooker-vs-hopper)
- **Hoover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoover-vs-hopper)
- **helper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helper-vs-hopper)
- **hooper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooper-vs-hopper)
- **hamper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamper-vs-hopper)
- **holler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holler-vs-hopper)
- **Hodder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodder-vs-hopper)
- **holier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holier-vs-hopper)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hhopper`, `hopepr`, `hoper`, `hopperr`, `hoppre`, `hpoper`, `ohpper`

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