glop
/ɡlɒp/
"glop" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“glop” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To stare in amazement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-glop · glop · English
glop · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɡlɒp/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “glop” in English
Rare enough to double-check
glop is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ɡlɒp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To stare in amazement.".
glop has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variation of glope. The correct English form is glop, spelled G-L-O-P.
Definition
- 1To stare in amazement.
Etymology
Variation of glope.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.