# popcorn

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɒp.kɔː(ɹ)n/ · frequency rank #10,746

## Definitions
1. A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.
2. A serving of popcorn.
3. A piece of popcorn.
4. A type of corn or maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping.
5. A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
6. A form of brainstorming in which participants call out their ideas immediately, instead of waiting for an assigned turn to speak.
7. Entertainment for observers.
8. A slow Belgian style of soul music popular in the early 1960s.
9. A Romanian style of Europop popular in the late 2000s.

## Etymology
Short for popped corn. By surface analysis, pop + corn.

## Common misspellings (11)
`oppcorn`, `pocporn`, `popccorn`, `popconr`, `popcornn`, `popcorrn`, `popcron`, `popocrn`, `poppcorn`, `ppocorn`, `ppopcorn`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/popcorn