Op or opp?
opp is the plural of Op. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) op is about 38 times as common as opp.
What is the difference between op and opp?
| op | opp | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, verb, adjective | noun, preposition, adjective |
| Meaning | informalAn amateur radio operator informalAn operator on IRC, who can moderate the chat channel, ban users, etc Opus | plural of Op Any person on unfriendly terms |
| Example | His ops went to his court hearing today | When I saw her I fled on the spot man, me and her are opps |
| Forms | ops | opps |
| Pronunciation | /ɒp/ /ɑp/ | /ɒp/ /ɑp/ |
| In writing | 26 times per million words | about once in every 1 million words |
Sources: op and opp in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of op and opp
op
- 1
informalClipping of opponent; alternative spelling of opp
His ops went to his court hearing today
- 2
To promote (an IRC user) to an operator
- 3
Alternative letter-case form of OP
- 4
Alternative letter-case form of OP
- 5
slangAlternative form of opp (“opponent; opposition”)
- 6
AustraliainformalTo buy (something) from an op shop
- 7
Opus
- 8
Initialism of Overall Position
opp
- 1
Initialism of other people's problems
- 2
Abbreviation of opposite
- 3
slangAn opponent; an enemy; the opposition
- 4
Alternative spelling of opp (“opposite”)
- 5
Abbreviation of opuses
- 6
Initialism of oriented polypropylene
- 7
Any person on unfriendly terms
When I saw her I fled on the spot man, me and her are opps
- 8
Abbreviation of opportunity
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, op or opp?
op appears 26 times per million words; opp about once in every 1 million words.
op 26 times per million wordsopp about once in every 1 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search op vs opp?
“op vs opp” is searched about 90 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“opp vs op”, “op or opp”).
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