clop
/klɒp/
"clop" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clop” is uncommon English (frequency #73,967 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,967
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /klɒp/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #73,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clop” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
clop is uncommon English at frequency #73,967 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /klɒp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
clop has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Perhaps from German or Dutch kloppen (“to hit, knock”), from Middle Dutch cloppen (“to make a clopping sound”), of onomatopoeic origin. See also clap. The correct English form is clop, spelled C-L-O-P.
Definition
- 1The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.
- 2My Little Pony-themed pornography.
Etymology
Perhaps from German or Dutch kloppen (“to hit, knock”), from Middle Dutch cloppen (“to make a clopping sound”), of onomatopoeic origin. See also clap.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “clop”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-L-O-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /klɒp/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.