opp
/ɑp/preposition, noun
opp is spelled O-P-P: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “op vs opp” about 90 times a month (Google, United States). As a preposition, opp means “Abbreviation of opposite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in opp?
| Letters | 3: O-P-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,320th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 opp?
Opp appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th 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 opp?
- UK /ɒp/
- US /ɑp/
Opp 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)-Flame,_not_lame-opp.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with opp
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: op.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with opp?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as opp from its last stressed vowel (/ɑp/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pop.
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 opp
- opp.
- opps plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does opp mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
preposition
- 1
Abbreviation of opposite.
noun
- 1
slangAn opponent; an enemy; the opposition.
- 2
Any person on unfriendly terms.
When I saw her I fled on the spot man, me and her are opps.
- 3
Abbreviation of opportunity.
noun
- 1
Initialism of other people's problems.
- 2
Initialism of oriented polypropylene.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).