# slop

> English word · Noun · IPA /slɒp/ · frequency rank #41,380

## Definitions
1. A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall.
2. A flip-flop.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *slewbʰ-
Proto-Germanic *slup-?
Old English *slop
Middle English slop
English slop
From Middle English slop, sloppe, slope, from Old English *slop (found in oferslop (“an outergarment, surplice”)). Cognate with Icelandic sloppur (“a long, loose gown”).

## Easily confused with
- **so** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-so)
- **SP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-sp)
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-son)
- **sox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-sox)
- **sol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-sol)
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-soy)
- **SNP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-snp)
- **sup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-sup)
- **sly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-sly)
- **sow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-sow)
- **SOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-sos)
- **SOB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-sob)
- **sod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-sod)
- **som** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-som)
- **SLR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-slr)
- **soe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-soe)
- **sop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-sop)
- **soi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-soi)
- **SoA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-soa)
- **sou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slop-vs-sou)

## Common misspellings (6)
`lsop`, `sllop`, `slopp`, `slpo`, `solp`, `sslop`

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