# sop

> English word · Noun · IPA /sɒp/ · frequency rank #34,293

## Definitions
1. Something entirely soaked.
2. A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.
3. Ellipsis of sop to Cerberus, something given or done to pacify or bribe.
4. Ellipsis of milksop, a weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person.
5. Gravy.
6. A thing of little or no value.
7. A piece of turf placed in the road as a target for a throw in road bowling.

## Etymology
From Middle English sop, soppe, sope, from Old English sopa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Dutch sop, Old High German sopfa), deverbative of *sūpaną (“to sup”). Doublet of soup; more at sup.

## Easily confused with
- **SS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-ss)
- **SP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-sp)
- **su** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-su)
- **SW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-sw)
- **SV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-sv)
- **Sy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-sy)
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-sun)
- **sub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-sub)
- **sum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-sum)
- **spy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-spy)
- **sue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-sue)
- **spa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-spa)
- **sox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-sox)
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-soy)
- **SUV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-suv)
- **sup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-sup)
- **STD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-std)
- **sow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-sow)
- **SQL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-sql)
- **SOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-sos)

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