# heap

> English word · Noun · IPA /hiːp/ · frequency rank #13,170

## Definitions
1. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
2. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
3. A great number or large quantity of things.
4. A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
5. Memory that is dynamically allocated.
6. A dilapidated place or vehicle.
7. A lot, a large amount

## Etymology
From Middle English hepe, from Old English hēap, from Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz (compare Dutch hoop, German Low German Hupen, German Haufen), from Proto-Indo-European *koupos (“hill”) (compare Lithuanian kaũpas, Albanian qipi (“stack”), Avestan 𐬐𐬂𐬟𐬀 (kåfa)).

## Easily confused with
- **HP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-hp)
- **her** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-her)
- **hey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-hey)
- **hip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-hip)
- **hop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-hop)
- **hes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-hes)
- **heh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-heh)
- **hen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-hen)
- **hee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-hee)
- **hem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-hem)
- **hua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-hua)
- **het** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-het)
- **hoa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-hoa)
- **Hel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-hel)
- **hep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-hep)
- **HPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-hpa)
- **hed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-hed)
- **HSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-hsa)
- **hew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-hew)
- **here** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heap-vs-here)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ehap`, `haep`, `heapp`, `hepa`, `hheap`

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