fop
/fɒp/
"fop" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fop” is uncommon English (frequency #56,750 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,750
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A vain man; a dandy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fop · fop · English
fop · rank #56,750 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,750
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH FOMC
Nearest frequency peer: FOMC (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “fop”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fluvial
fluvial
43,255 corpus weight
- foci
foci
43,253 corpus weight
- FOMC
FOMC
43,252 corpus weight
- fop
fop
43,251 corpus weight
- forgoing
forgoing
43,250 corpus weight
- forme
forme
43,249 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fop” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɒp/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #56,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fop” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fop is uncommon English at frequency #56,750 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fɒp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A vain man; a dandy.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fop, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English foppe, fobbe (“fop, fool”). Akin to German foppen (“to jeer”). The correct English form is fop, spelled F-O-P.
Definition
- 1A vain man; a dandy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb!" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"
Etymology
From Middle English foppe, fobbe (“fop, fool”). Akin to German foppen (“to jeer”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).