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arp

noun, interjection

arp is spelled A-R-P: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, arp means “An arpeggiator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of arp is arps.

How many letters and syllables are in arp?

Letters3: A-R-P
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 41,660th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is arp?

Arp appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce arp?

    Arp has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What rhymes with arp?

    No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as arp.

    Spelled with the same letters in another order: par, rap.

    Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

    Forms of arp

    • arps plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does arp mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      informalAn arpeggiator.

    2. 2

      informalAn arpeggio.

    interjection

    1. 1

      The bark of a seal.

    noun

    as ARP
    1. 1

      Initialism of absolute refractory period.

    2. 2

      UKdatedInitialism of Air Raid Precautions.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does arp come from?

    Abbreviation of arpeggiator.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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