ope
/oʊp/interjection, adjective, verb, noun
ope is spelled O-P-E: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, ope means “An exclamation of surprise; oops” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ope?
| Letters | 3: O-P-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,767th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 ope?
Ope appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th 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 ope?
- US /oʊp/
- UK /əʊp/
As a noun (“Clipping of operations, in terms of an organization”): /ope/, /ʔope/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: Teker_"Ope".ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ope.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ope?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ope from its last stressed vowel (/oʊp/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: poe.
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 ope
- more ope comparative
- most ope superlative
- opes present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- oping participle, present
- oped participle, past
- 'opes present, singular, he/she/it
- 'oping participle, present
- 'oped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ope mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
USAn exclamation of surprise; oops.
Ope! Sorry about that.
adjective
- 1
Open.
verb
- 1
To open.
noun
- 1
An alley or narrow passage (an opening between houses, buildings, etc).
Tonkin's Ope
- 2
colloquialslangClipping of operations, in terms of an organization.
noun
- 1
Initialism of octylphenol ethoxylate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ope come from?
Representing oh pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /oʊp/, [oʊp̚]) (excrescent /p/); therefore oh + -p.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).