warp
/ˈwoɹp/noun, verb
warp is spelled W-A-R-P: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, warp means “The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of warp is warps.
How many letters and syllables are in warp?
| Letters | 4: W-A-R-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 4.3 times per million words; the 12,397th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 warp?
Warp appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th 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 warp?
- UK /ˈwɔːp/
- British /ˈwoːp/
- US /ˈwoɹp/
Warp has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-warp.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with warp?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as warp (/oɹp/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: wrap.
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 warp
- warps plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- warping participle, present
- warped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does warp mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.
[…] and Senft found that the fibril angle in both the Pinus and Populus was high in juvenile wood, indicating that both are likely to exhibit warp in drying.
- 2
The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally.
- 3
A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood (also used figuratively).
- 4
A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.
- 5
The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
- 6
The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
- 7
A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
- 8
A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter, faster-than-light travel or time warp.
verb
- 1
To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.
The moisture warped the board badly.
- 2
To become twisted out of shape; to deform.
Over the years the post had warped and checked and needed to be replaced.
- 3
To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.
Funny how the thought of huge profits can warp your judgment.
- 4
To go astray or be deflected from a true, proper or moral course; to deviate.
His perspective had warped after his extreme experiences.
- 5
obsoleteTo run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.
- 6
To arrange strands of thread lengthwise on a loom.
- 7
obsoleterareTo plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).
- 8
obsoleterareTo change or fix (make fixed, for example by freezing).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Warp in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | déformation , chaîne , grelin , déformer, tordre |
| German | Entstellung, Verwerfung, Verkrümmung, Verwölbung, Verbiegung, Verdrehung |
| Portuguese | empenamento , urdidura, urdimento, urdume , empenar , empeno |
| Spanish | urdimbre , calabrote , combar, acombar , alabeo, pandeo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does warp come from?
From Middle English warp, werp, from Old English wearp, warp (“a warp, threads stretched lengthwise in a loom, twig, osier”), from Proto-Germanic *warpą (“a warp”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).