# syrup

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɪ.ɹəp/ · frequency rank #10,290

## Definitions
1. Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
2. Any viscous liquid.
3. Anything overly sweet or sentimental.
4. A wig.

## Etymology
From Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Doublet of sirop. Related to sorbet, sherbet, sharbat.
Compare French sirop, Italian siroppo, sciroppo, Spanish jarabe, jarope, Portuguese xarope, and Dutch siroop and stroop. The first known use of the spelling sirup was in the 14th century.

## Easily confused with
- **sup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sup-vs-syrup)
- **soup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soup-vs-syrup)
- **Syria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/syria-vs-syrup)
- **strip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strip-vs-syrup)
- **setup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/setup-vs-syrup)
- **scrap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-syrup)
- **strap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-syrup)
- **serum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serum-vs-syrup)
- **scrub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrub-vs-syrup)
- **shrug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrug-vs-syrup)
- **scrum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrum-vs-syrup)
- **shrub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrub-vs-syrup)
- **strut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strut-vs-syrup)
- **strep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strep-vs-syrup)
- **scrip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrip-vs-syrup)

## Common misspellings (8)
`sryup`, `ssyrup`, `syrpu`, `syrrup`, `syrupp`, `syurp`, `syyrup`, `ysrup`

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