plop
/plɑp/noun, verb, interjection
plop is spelled P-L-O-P: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, plop means “A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of plop is plops.
How many letters and syllables are in plop?
| Letters | 4: P-L-O-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is plop?
Plop appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd 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 plop?
- UK /plɒp/
- US /plɑp/
Plop 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: En-us-plop.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with plop?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as plop 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 plop
- plops plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- plopping participle, present
- plopped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does plop mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.
He heard the plops of rain on the roof.
- 2
UKslangExcrement.
verb
- 1
To make the sound of an object dropping into a body of liquid.
- 2
To land heavily or loosely.
He plopped down on the sofa to watch TV.
- 3
UKTo defecate.
interjection
- 1
Indicating the sound of something plopping.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Plop in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | faire plouf |
| German | ploppen , plumpsen |
| Spanish | dejar caer |
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.
Where does plop come from?
Imitative of the sound, or perhaps a variant of plap.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).