# lope

> English word · Verb · IPA /ləʊp/ · frequency rank #49,466

## Definitions
1. To travel an easy pace with long strides.
2. To jump, leap.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **LP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-lp)
- **lot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-lot)
- **low** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-low)
- **los** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-los)
- **Lou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-lou)
- **lor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-lor)
- **lye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-lye)
- **lox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-lox)
- **loy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-loy)
- **love** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-love)
- **lost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-lost)
- **lord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-lord)
- **lose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-lose)
- **loss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-loss)
- **lots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-lots)
- **loud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-loud)
- **Luke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-luke)
- **lure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-lure)
- **lowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-lowe)
- **lore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-lore)

## Common misspellings (5)
`llope`, `loep`, `loppe`, `lpoe`, `olpe`

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