sup
/sʌp/verb, noun, interjection, adjective
sup is spelled S-U-P: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, sup means “To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sup?
| Letters | 3: S-U-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 sup?
Sup appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th 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 sup?
- /sʌp/
- /sup/
Sup 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-sup.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-'sup.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with sup
Also written: soup.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with sup?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sup from its last stressed vowel (/ʌp/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ups, pus.
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 sup
- sups present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- supping participle, present
- supped participle, past
- soup rare
- ssup
- 'sup
- s'up
- zup
- supe
- supp
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sup mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.
- 2
To eat supper.
noun
- 1
A sip; a small amount, of food or drink, water or rain.
- 2
informalSuperintendent.
- 3
Supremum, upper limit.
- 4
colloquialSupplement.
- 5
A supervision.
interjection
- 1
slangwhat's up (either as a greeting or actual question)
– Sup? – Not much.
adjective
- 1
Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of an up quark.
noun
- 1
Acronym of standup paddleboarding.
- 2
Acronym of standup paddleboard.
- 3
Acronym of selective ultraviolet phototherapy.
- 4
Acronym of single-use plastic(s).
- 5
Acronym of shared use path.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).