dop
/dɑp/noun, verb
dop is spelled D-O-P: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dop means “A diving bird” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dop is dops.
How many letters and syllables are in dop?
| Letters | 3: D-O-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,108th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 dop?
Dop appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th 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 dop?
- UK /dɒp/
- US /dɑp/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-dop.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dop?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dop from its last stressed vowel (/ɑp/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pod.
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 dop
- dops plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- dopping participle, present
- dopped participle, past
- dopp
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dop mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A diving bird.
- 2
slang. A drink.
Let's go to the bar for a dop.
- 3
slangAn imprecise measure of alcohol; a dash.
Give me a dop of brandy.
- 4
obsoleteA dip; a low courtesy.
- 5
A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
verb
- 1
slangTo fail or to plug (an examination, standard or grade)
I dopped my exams.
- 2
To dip or duck.
- 3
slangTo drink alcohol.
noun
- 1
Initialism of date of production.
- 2
Initialism of director of photography.
- 3
Initialism of dilution of precision (in GPS).
- 4
Initialism of dioctyl phthalate.
- 5
Initialism of deadline of payment.
- 6
Initialism of discrete oriented polytope.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dop come from?
From Middle English doppe, from Old English *doppa (“dipper”) (compare dīepan), as in Old English dūfedoppa (“pelican”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).