hopping mad
"hopping-mad" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hopping mad” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extremely angry; furious to the point of outburst.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hopping-mad · hopping mad · English
hopping mad · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hopping mad |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hopping mad” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hopping mad is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Extremely angry; furious to the point of outburst.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hopping mad, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is hopping mad, spelled H-O-P-P-I-N-G- -M-A-D.
Definition
- 1Extremely angry; furious to the point of outburst.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hopping mad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was hopping mad when he came home and discovered that she had bought a new car without consulting him.
"And you hit him? dear old Father Bhaer?" […] "I was hopping mad at the time, and thought I shouldn't mind a bit, rather like it perhaps. But when I'd hit uncle one good crack […] I couldn't go on. […] I felt so mean."
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.