plup
noun, interjection
plup is spelled P-L-U-P: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, plup 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 plup is plups.
How many letters and syllables are in plup?
| Letters | 4: P-L-U-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 91 million words; the 305,310th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 plup?
Plup appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th 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).
What rhymes with plup?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as plup.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pulp.
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 plup
- plups plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does plup 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.
interjection
- 1
Indicating the plup sound.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does plup come from?
Imitative of the sound. Compare plop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).