gup
/ɡʌp/noun
gup is spelled G-U-P: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gup means “Gossip or rumor; nonsensical or silly talk; blather” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gup is gups.
How many letters and syllables are in gup?
| Letters | 3: G-U-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 gup?
Gup appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd 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).
How do you pronounce gup?
- US /ɡʌp/
- Australia /ɡɐp/
- /ɡəp/
Gup has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gup.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gup?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gup from its last stressed vowel (/ʌp/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pug.
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 gup
- gups plural
- gap
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gup mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IndiacolloquialGossip or rumor; nonsensical or silly talk; blather.
- 2
An elected head of a gewog in Bhutan.
The next stop was the house of the gup (the village headman), who was once the reputed strongman of Merak, famous for being able to lift a young bull yak and place it on his back.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gup come from?
Borrowed from Hindi गप (gap, “gossip; idle talk”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).