slopvssuppWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“slop” and “supp” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#41,380
“slop” frequency rank
#33,869
“supp” frequency rank
75249
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature slop supp
Definition A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall. A support (in a competitive video game, a player or character who supports or heals their team's players rather than directly engaging enemies).

Letter map: slop vs supp

Shared letters muted; letters that set slop and supp apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
slop
4 ch
supp

Corpus notes: slop and supp

slop and supp are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75249, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

slop is recorded at frequency rank #41,380, classified as anoun, pronounced /slɒp/. supp is at rank #33,869, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 75249, this pair ranks #33,721 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of slop vs supp

Shared letters: ps. Private to "slop": lo. Private to "supp": u.

"slop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "supp" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sloplsop · sllop · slopp · slpo · solp · sslop
  • suppspup · ssupp · uspp

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "slop" for "supp" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "slop" vs "supp" - which ranks higher?
"supp" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,869 in our English list, against #41,380 for "slop". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "slop" vs "supp" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "slop" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "supp" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,721 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "slop" and "supp" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "slop vs slurp". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #33,721 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list