# scrap

> English word · Noun · IPA /skɹæp/ · frequency rank #8,344

## Definitions
1. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
2. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
3. Leftover food.
4. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
5. Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
6. A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
7. Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.
8. A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
9. A snare for catching birds.

## Etymology
From Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap, from skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną, *skrepaną (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (“to engrave”). Cf. Swedish skräp (“garbage”).

## Easily confused with
- **snap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-snap)
- **soap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-soap)
- **slap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-slap)
- **swap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-swap)
- **Sera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-sera)
- **sora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-sora)
- **sura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-sura)
- **strip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-strip)
- **screw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-screw)
- **spray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-spray)
- **straw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-straw)
- **strap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-strap)
- **syrup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-syrup)
- **stray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-stray)
- **scrub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-scrub)
- **scrum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-scrum)
- **strat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-strat)
- **strep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-strep)
- **scrip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-scrip)
- **script** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-script)

## Common misspellings (8)
`csrap`, `scarp`, `sccrap`, `scrapp`, `scrpa`, `scrrap`, `srcap`, `sscrap`

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