op
/ɑp/noun, verb, adjective
op is spelled O-P: 2 letters and one syllable. It appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,479th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “op vs opp” about 90 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, op means “Clipping of opponent; alternative spelling of opp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of op is ops.
How many letters and syllables are in op?
| Letters | 2: O-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 26 times per million words; the 3,479th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is op?
Op appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,479th 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 op?
- UK /ɒp/
- US /ɑp/
Op 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-op.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with op
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: opp.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with op?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as op from its last stressed vowel (/ɑp/):
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 op
- ops plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- opping participle, present
- opped participle, past
- more op comparative
- most op superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does op mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalClipping of opponent; alternative spelling of opp.
His ops went to his court hearing today.
- 2
informalClipping of operation.
My mother's going in for her knee op today.
- 3
informalClipping of operator.
- 4
informalAn amateur radio operator.
- 5
informalAn operator on IRC, who can moderate the chat channel, ban users, etc.
- 6
Clipping of opinion.
Ops on my new drawing?
- 7
Ellipsis of op art.
an op painting; op artworks
- 8
Alternative letter-case form of OP.
- 9
slangAlternative form of opp (“opponent; opposition”).
verb
- 1
To promote (an IRC user) to an operator.
- 2
AustraliainformalTo buy (something) from an op shop.
- 3
AustraliainformalTo shop at op shops.
noun
- 1
Initialism of Overall Position.
- 2
Initialism of opposite prompt; stage right.
- 3
Initialism of original poster; the person who started a thread.
I don't think your response really answers OP's question.
- 4
Initialism of observation post.
- 5
Abbreviation of organophosphate.
- 6
slangInitialism of other person's; a cigarette cadged from someone.
- 7
Abbreviation of outpatient.
- 8
Abbreviation of original publishing.
- 9
Abbreviation of opening credits.
- 10
Abbreviation of opening theme.
adjective
- 1
Abbreviation of out of print.
- 2
Abbreviation of overproof.
- 3
Abbreviation of overpowered.
- 4
Initialism of overplayed.
adjective
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of OP.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Op in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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.