# hoyer

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #37,498

## Definitions
1. A device for transferring a person with serious mobility issues to and from the floor, a mobility device (such as a wheelchair), seating, and a bed.

## Etymology
After Ted Hoyer, a quadriplegic, who co-invented the device.

## Easily confused with
- **hye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoyer-vs-hye)
- **Huber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoyer-vs-huber)
- **Hoyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoyer-vs-hoyle)
- **her** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/her-vs-hoyer)
- **hoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoe-vs-hoyer)
- **hoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoy-vs-hoyer)
- **hor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hor-vs-hoyer)
- **home** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/home-vs-hoyer)
- **hope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hope-vs-hoyer)
- **hour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hour-vs-hoyer)
- **hole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hole-vs-hoyer)
- **hose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hoyer)
- **Howe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/howe-vs-hoyer)
- **hone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hone-vs-hoyer)
- **hove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hove-vs-hoyer)
- **Hoya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoya-vs-hoyer)
- **haye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haye-vs-hoyer)
- **hoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoke-vs-hoyer)
- **hotel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hotel-vs-hoyer)
- **homes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homes-vs-hoyer)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hhoyer`, `hoeyr`, `hoyerr`, `hoyre`, `hoyyer`, `hyoer`, `ohyer`

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