ODP
"odp" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ODP” is uncommon English (frequency #86,586 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,586
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of orbital defense platform.
Corpus desk
Index EN-odp · ODP · English
ODP · rank #86,586 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,586
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH obviousness
Nearest frequency peer: obviousness (-3 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “ODP”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- O'Flynn
O'Flynn
13,420 corpus weight
- obviousness
obviousness
13,418 corpus weight
- ODP
ODP
13,415 corpus weight
- officious
officious
13,412 corpus weight
- oga
oga
13,411 corpus weight
- Olmec
Olmec
13,407 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ODP” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ODP |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #86,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ODP” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ODP is uncommon English at frequency #86,586 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ODP in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is ODP, spelled O-D-P.
Definition
- 1Initialism of orbital defense platform.
- 2Initialism of observer design pattern.
- 3Initialism of origin decision point.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ODP appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Coordinate term: TDP
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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