# hopping

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #16,490

## Definitions
1. hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.
2. The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent

## Etymology
Alternative spelling (C17) of hoppe, from Middle French houbelon

## Easily confused with
- **hyping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hopping-vs-hyping)
- **housing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hopping-vs-housing)
- **hosting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hopping-vs-hosting)
- **howling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hopping-vs-howling)
- **humping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hopping-vs-humping)
- **hoping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoping-vs-hopping)
- **homing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homing-vs-hopping)
- **honing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honing-vs-hopping)
- **holding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holding-vs-hopping)
- **helping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helping-vs-hopping)
- **Hopkins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hopkins-vs-hopping)
- **hooking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooking-vs-hopping)
- **honking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honking-vs-hopping)
- **hogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-hopping)
- **heaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaping-vs-hopping)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hhopping`, `hopipng`, `hoppign`, `hoppingg`, `hoppinng`, `hoppnig`, `hpoping`, `ohpping`

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