# Hugo

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhjuː.ɡəʊ/ · frequency rank #10,225

## Definitions
1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized form of Hugh.
2. A surname from French.
3. A statutory town, the county seat of Lincoln County, Colorado, United States.
4. A city, the county seat of Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named after Victor Hugo.

## Etymology
From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”).

## Easily confused with
- **huh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-huh)
- **hut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-hut)
- **hum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-hum)
- **hun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-hun)
- **hui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-hui)
- **Hur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-hur)
- **Hus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-hus)
- **Huw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-huw)
- **hurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-hurt)
- **hunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-hunt)
- **hung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-hung)
- **hull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-hull)
- **hulk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-hulk)
- **hugs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-hugs)
- **hush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-hush)
- **hump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-hump)
- **Hume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-hume)
- **huts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-huts)
- **hunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-hunk)
- **hula** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugo-vs-hula)

## Common misspellings (5)
`hguo`, `hhugo`, `huggo`, `huog`, `uhgo`

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