# snoop

> English word · Verb · IPA /snuːp/ · frequency rank #17,249

## Definitions
1. To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.
2. To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others.
3. To steal.

## Etymology
From Dutch snoepen (“to pry, eat in secret, sneak”). Related to Dutch and Low German snappen (“to bite, seize”), Dutch snavel (“beak, bill, pecker, neb”), German Schnabel (“beak, bill, mouth”). More at snap.

## Easily confused with
- **SNP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-snp)
- **sop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-sop)
- **stop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-stop)
- **soon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-soon)
- **snow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-snow)
- **soap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-soap)
- **soup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-soup)
- **sooo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-sooo)
- **soot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-soot)
- **snot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-snot)
- **sook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-sook)
- **stood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-stood)
- **spoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-spoon)
- **stool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-stool)
- **snowy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-snowy)
- **stomp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-stomp)
- **swoop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-swoop)
- **stoop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-stoop)
- **spoof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-spoof)
- **snout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-snout)

## Common misspellings (7)
`nsoop`, `snnoop`, `snoopp`, `snop`, `snopo`, `sonop`, `ssnoop`

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