scaup
/skɔːp/
"scaup" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“scaup” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
Corpus desk
Index EN-scaup · scaup · English
scaup · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scaup |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /skɔːp/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “scaup” in English
Rare enough to double-check
scaup is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /skɔːp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
scaup doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: See scalp (“a bed of oysters or mussels”). The correct English form is scaup, spelled S-C-A-U-P.
Definition
- 1Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
- 2Alternative form of scalp (“a bed or stratum of shellfish”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how scaup appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Or spot gaggles of Canada geese, ducks and scaups flying over schools of bluefish.
Etymology
See scalp (“a bed of oysters or mussels”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.