scarp
/skɑːp/
"scarp" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“scarp” is uncommon English (frequency #68,618 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,618
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.
Corpus desk
Index EN-scarp · scarp · English
scarp · rank #68,618 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,618
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sausalito
Nearest frequency peer: Sausalito (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “scarp”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sanna
Sanna
31,388 corpus weight
- sarai
sarai
31,387 corpus weight
- satiric
satiric
31,386 corpus weight
- Sausalito
Sausalito
31,384 corpus weight
- scarp
scarp
31,383 corpus weight
- schemer
schemer
31,382 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “scarp” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scarp |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /skɑːp/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,618 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “scarp” in English
Rare enough to double-check
scarp is uncommon English at frequency #68,618 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /skɑːp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for scarp, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Apheretic form of escarp. Doublet of escarp. The correct English form is scarp, spelled S-C-A-R-P.
Definition
- 1The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.
- 2A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment.
- 3Obsolete spelling of scarpe, scrape.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how scarp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Sweating under the sun, we scale the barren eastern scarp of the Great Rift Valley (Area B), edging carefully around controversial, razor-wired Israeli settlements…
[...] as in the seventh, which is Argent a Scarp Azure.
Etymology
Apheretic form of escarp. Doublet of escarp.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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