# nope

> English word · Particle · IPA /nəʊp/ · frequency rank #4,617

## Definitions
1. No.

## Etymology
Representing no pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Luick instead claims it represents a realisation of no with final [ʔ], with a purported reduction of /p/ to [ʔ] in before syllabic liquids providing a model for the spelling of [ʔ] as -pe, but it is more parsimonious to assume that the -pe directly represents attested realisations with [p̚]. Compare yep, welp, ope, and yup.

## Easily confused with
- **NP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-np)
- **not** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-not)
- **now** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-now)
- **nor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-nor)
- **nov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-nov)
- **nos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-nos)
- **NPR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-npr)
- **nye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-nye)
- **NPC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-npc)
- **nox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-nox)
- **NPD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-npd)
- **NPT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-npt)
- **NPL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-npl)
- **note** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-note)
- **nose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-nose)
- **nude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-nude)
- **norm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-norm)
- **nova** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-nova)
- **noun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-noun)
- **Nora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nope-vs-nora)

## Common misspellings (5)
`nnope`, `noep`, `noppe`, `npoe`, `onpe`

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