neap
/niːp/noun, adjective, verb
neap is spelled N-E-A-P: 4 letters. 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, neap means “The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of neap is neaps.
How many letters and syllables are in neap?
| Letters | 4: N-E-A-P |
|---|---|
| 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; 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 neap?
Neap 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 neap?
- /niːp/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-neap.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with neap?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as neap.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pane, nape, pean.
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 neap
- neaps plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- neaping participle, present
- neaped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does neap mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
- 2
A neap tide.
- 3
Alternative form of neep.
adjective
- 1
Low; lowest; the ebb or lowest point of a tide.
- 2
Designating a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is the least difference between high tide and low tide.
verb
- 1
To trap (a ship) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides.
- 2
To ooze, to sink, to subside, to tail.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Neap in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense designating type of tide:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Nipptide, Nippflut |
| Spanish | muerta (marea muerta) |
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 neap come from?
Perhaps of Scandinavian origin: compare dialectal Norwegian neip (“forked pole”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).