drop

Where “drop” sits in English frequency

Definition

1. 1
   A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
2. 2
   A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
3. 3
   A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
4. 4
   A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
5. 5
   A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
6. 6
   A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
7. 7
   A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
8. 8
   That which hangs or resembles a liquid globule, such as a hanging diamond earring or ornament, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
9. 9
   That which hangs or resembles a liquid globule, such as a hanging diamond earring or ornament, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
10. 10
    A thing which drops or hangs down.
11. 11
    A thing which drops or hangs down.
12. 12
    A thing which drops or hangs down.
13. 13
    A thing which drops or hangs down.
14. 14
    A thing which drops or hangs down.
15. 15
    A thing which drops or hangs down.
16. 16
    A thing which drops or hangs down.
17. 17
    A thing which drops or hangs down.
18. 18
    A thing which drops or hangs down.
19. 19
    An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
20. 20
    An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
21. 21
    An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
22. 22
    An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
23. 23
    An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
24. 24
    An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
25. 25
    An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
26. 26
    An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
27. 27
    An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
28. 28
    An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
29. 29
    An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
30. 30
    An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
31. 31
    A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
32. 32
    A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
33. 33
    A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
34. 34
    The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
35. 35
    The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
36. 36
    The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
37. 37
    The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
38. 38
    The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
39. 39
    A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
40. 40
    Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
41. 41
    A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
42. 42
    Licorice in confectionery form.
43. 43
    An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
44. 44
    A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *dropōn Old English dropian Middle English droppen Proto-Indo-European *dʰrbʰ-néh₂- Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- Proto-Germanic *dreupaną Proto-Germanic *druppōną Proto-Germanic *drupô Proto-West Germanic *dropō Old English dropa ▲ Middle English droppen Middle English drope ▲ Middle English droppen Middle English droppe English drop From Late Middle English droppe, Middle English drope (“small quantity of liquid; small or least amount of something; pendant jewel; dripping of a liquid; a shower; nasal flow, catarrh; speck, spot; blemish; disease causing spots on the skin”) [and other forms], from Old English dropa (“a drop”), from Proto-West Germanic *dropō (“drop (of liquid)”), from Proto-Germanic *drupô (“drop (of liquid)”),, from *dreupaną (“to drip, droop”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to drip, drop”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Droupe, Druppe (“drop”), Dutch drop, drup (“droplet”), German Tropfen (“drop”), German Low German Drüpp (“drop”), Luxembourgish Drëps (“drop”), Vilamovian tropa, troppa (“drop”), Yiddish טראָפּן (tropn, “drop”), Danish dråbe (“drop”), Faroese and Icelandic dropi (“drop”), Norwegian Bokmål dråpe (“drop”), Norwegian Nynorsk drope, dråpå (“drop”), Swedish droppe (“drop”).

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

• ddrop
• dorp
• dropp
• drpo
• drrop
• rdop

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drop - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "drop", not the corpus desk frequency band.