stoup
/stuːp/noun
stoup is spelled S-T-O-U-P: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stoup means “A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stoup is stoups.
How many letters and syllables are in stoup?
| Letters | 5: S-T-O-U-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is stoup?
Stoup appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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 stoup?
- US /stuːp/
Stoup has one syllable (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-stoup.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with stoup
Sounds like: stoop (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with stoup?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as stoup from its last stressed vowel (/up/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: spout.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of stoup
- stoups plural
- stoop
- stowp
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stoup mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA bucket.
- 2
archaicA mug or other drinking vessel.
- 3
A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does stoup come from?
From Old Norse staup, from Proto-Germanic *staupo- (whence Old English stēap). See stoop (“a vessel”). More at stop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).