collop
/ˈkɒləp/
"collop" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“collop” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A slice of meat.
Corpus desk
Index EN-collop · collop · English
collop · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | collop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒləp/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “collop” in English
Rare enough to double-check
collop is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɒləp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for collop, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Late Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from Swedish kalops (“stewed meat”), from Old Swedish kollops (“slices of beef stew”). Cognate to German Klops (“dish of meat made tender by beating”). The correct English form is collop, spelled C-O-L-L-O-P.
Definition
- 1A slice of meat.
- 2A slice of bacon, a rasher.
- 3A roll or fold of flesh on the body.
- 4A small piece, portion, or slice of something.
Etymology
Late Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from Swedish kalops (“stewed meat”), from Old Swedish kollops (“slices of beef stew”). Cognate to German Klops (“dish of meat made tender by beating”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.