dorp
/dɔː(ɹ)p/noun
dorp is spelled D-O-R-P: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dorp means “A village or small town; a town considered provincial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dorp is dorps.
How many letters and syllables are in dorp?
| Letters | 4: D-O-R-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 119,826th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 dorp?
Dorp appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th 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 dorp?
- /dɔː(ɹ)p/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dorp.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dorp?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dorp.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: drop, prod.
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 dorp
- dorps plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dorp mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A village or small town; a town considered provincial.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dorp come from?
Borrowed from Dutch dorp, which see for more. Doublet of dorf and thorp, and possibly also of troop and troupe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).