# Earp

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #39,794

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in the far east of San Bernardino County, California, United States, named after Wyatt Earp.

## Etymology
The definitive origin is unclear. Some are proposed, including Old English eorp (“swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *erpaz (“light brown”); or a connection to the placenames Ypres (Belgium) or Erpe (Netherlands).

## Easily confused with
- **er** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-er)
- **EP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-ep)
- **eat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-eat)
- **era** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-era)
- **err** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-err)
- **erm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-erm)
- **ERS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-ers)
- **eau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-eau)
- **ere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-ere)
- **ERP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-erp)
- **EAS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-eas)
- **Erc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-erc)
- **erg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-erg)
- **Eri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-eri)
- **easy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-easy)
- **east** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-east)
- **ears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-ears)
- **ease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-ease)
- **euro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-euro)
- **eats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earp-vs-eats)

## Common misspellings (4)
`aerp`, `eapr`, `earpp`, `earrp`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/earp