galp
obsolete
galp is spelled G-A-L-P: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, galp means “To gape; yawn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in galp?
| Letters | 4: G-A-L-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th 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 galp?
Galp appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th 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).
What rhymes with galp?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as galp.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: plag.
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 galp
- galps present, singular, he/she/it
- galping participle, present
- galped participle, past
- gaup
- gawp
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does galp mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
archaicTo gape; yawn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does galp come from?
From Middle English galpen, from Old English *galpian, *ġealpian (“to gape, yawn, gulp”), suggested by derivative Old English ġealpettan (“to gulp down, eat greedily, devour”), from Proto-West Germanic *galpōn, from Proto-Germanic *galpōną (“to gape, yawn, sound out, yap”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to call, cry out, shout, scream”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).