sopping
adjective, noun, verb
sopping is spelled S-O-P-P-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sopping means “Soaked, drenched, completely wet to the point of dripping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sopping?
| Letters | 7: S-O-P-P-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 85,266th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sopping?
Sopping appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sopping?
Sopping has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sopping.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sopping
- more sopping comparative
- most sopping superlative
- soppings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sopping mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Soaked, drenched, completely wet to the point of dripping.
noun
- 1
A soaking.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of sop
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sopping in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense completely wet to the point of dripping:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.