lope
/loʊp/verb, noun
lope is spelled L-O-P-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, lope means “To travel an easy pace with long strides” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in lope?
| Letters | 4: L-O-P-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,368th 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 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 lope?
Lope appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th 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 lope?
- UK /ləʊp/
- US /loʊp/
Lope 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: En-us-lope.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lope?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lope from its last stressed vowel (/oʊp/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pole, olpe.
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 lope
- lopes present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- loping participle, present
- loped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lope mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To travel an easy pace with long strides.
He loped along, hour after hour, not fast but steady and covering much ground.
- 2
obsoleteTo jump, leap.
noun
- 1
An easy pace with long strides.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lope in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | courir en bondissant |
| German | leicht galoppieren, kantern, eilen, springend rennen , Kanter, leichter Galopp |
| Spanish | correr a paso largo, trotar a zancadas, andar a zancajadas, caminar a trancos, ambular a trancadas |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lope come from?
From Middle English lopen, from Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump”). See leap. Cognate with German laufen (“walk, run”), Danish løbe (“run”), Dutch lopen (“walk, run”), Norwegian løpe (“run”). Doublet of leap.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).