# SP

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #6,839

## Definitions
1. Initialism of starting price.
2. Initialism of selling price.
3. Initialism of shore patrol.
4. Initialism of state police.
5. Initialism of slow play.
6. Initialism of service pack.
7. Initialism of skill point, special point, spirit point, or spell point; synonym of or alternative to MP/magic points, especially for games that lack magic or fantasy elements.
8. Abbreviation of superintendent.
9. Initialism of suppressive person.
10. Initialism of substance P.
11. Initialism of soft point.
12. Initialism of state park.
13. Abbreviation of spur.
14. Initialism of short program.
15. Initialism of sex partner.
16. Abbreviation of sub-publishing.

## Easily confused with
- **SS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-ss)
- **su** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-su)
- **SW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-sw)
- **SV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-sv)
- **Sy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-sy)
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-sun)
- **sub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-sub)
- **sum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-sum)
- **spy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-spy)
- **sue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-sue)
- **spa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-spa)
- **SUV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-suv)
- **sup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-sup)
- **STD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-std)
- **SQL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-sql)
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-sta)
- **STR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-str)
- **SPD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-spd)
- **STS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-sts)
- **Stu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sp-vs-stu)

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