knop
/ˈnɒp/noun
knop is spelled K-N-O-P: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, knop means “A knob, usually ornamental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of knop is knops.
How many letters and syllables are in knop?
| Letters | 4: K-N-O-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 knop?
Knop appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th 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 knop?
- /ˈnɒp/
Knop has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-knop.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with knop?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as knop.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ponk.
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 knop
- knops plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does knop mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A knob, usually ornamental
- 2
A finial, or swelling termination
- 3
A tuft or overthickened bunch of looped or twisted yarn
- 4
A closed bud or bud-like, swelling protuberance of a plant, or the representation thereof in the decorative arts
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does knop come from?
From Middle English knop, from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch knoppe, from Proto-Germanic *knuppô, *knuppaz, *knappô, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”). Possible doublet of knave and knob.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).