# sloop

> English word · Noun · IPA /sluːp/ · frequency rank #37,227

## Definitions
1. A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
2. A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.
3. A sloop-of-war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch sloep. Doublet of chalupa and shallop.

## Easily confused with
- **sop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-sop)
- **stop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-stop)
- **soon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-soon)
- **slow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-slow)
- **soap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-soap)
- **soup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-soup)
- **slot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-slot)
- **sooo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-sooo)
- **soot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-soot)
- **slop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-slop)
- **sook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-sook)
- **stood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-stood)
- **slope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-slope)
- **spoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-spoon)
- **stool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-stool)
- **snoop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-snoop)
- **slows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-slows)
- **slump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-slump)
- **stomp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-stomp)
- **swoop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloop-vs-swoop)

## Common misspellings (6)
`lsoop`, `slloop`, `sloopp`, `slopo`, `solop`, `ssloop`

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