DP
noun, verb
DP is spelled D-P: 2 letters. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,731st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, DP means “Initialism of data processing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of DP is DPs.
How many letters and syllables are in DP?
| Letters | 2: D-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,731st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is DP?
DP appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,731st 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 DP?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-DP.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of DP
- DPs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- DP's present, singular, he/she/it
- DPing participle, present
- DP'ing participle, present
- DPed participle, past
- DP'd participle, past
- DP'ed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does DP mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Initialism of data processing.
- 2
Initialism of displaced person.
- 3
Initialism of delusional parasitosis.
- 4
Initialism of display picture.
- 5
Initialism of DisplayPort.
- 6
Initialism of dynamic positioning.
- 7
slangInitialism of dickpic.
- 8
slangInitialism of double penetration.
verb
- 1
slangInitialism of double penetrate.
- 2
slangTo physically discipline (another gang member seen as acting out of line).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
DP in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense determiner phrase:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | SD |
| German | DP |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.