trop
/tɹɔp/noun
trop is spelled T-R-O-P: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,954th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trop means “Abbreviation of troponin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trop is trops or trops..
How many letters and syllables are in trop?
| Letters | 4: T-R-O-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,954th 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; 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 trop?
Trop appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,954th 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 trop?
- UK /tɹɒp/
- US /tɹɔp/
- US /tɹɑp/
Trop has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-trop.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with trop
Also written: trope.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with trop?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as trop from its last stressed vowel (/ɔp/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: port.
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 trop
- trops plural
- trops. plural
- trop-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trop mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
colloquialAbbreviation of troponin.
- 2
Alternative form of trope (“cantillation pattern”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does trop come from?
Abbreviation of troponin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).