wop
/wɑp/noun, verb
wop is spelled W-O-P: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wop means “A person of Italian descent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wop is wops.
How many letters and syllables are in wop?
| Letters | 3: W-O-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,063rd 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 wop?
Wop appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd 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 wop?
- UK /wɒp/
- US /wɑp/
Wop 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: En-au-wop.ogg, En-us-wop.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with wop?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as wop from its last stressed vowel (/ɑp/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pow.
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 wop
- wops plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- wopping participle, present
- wopped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wop mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person of Italian descent.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of wop (“derogatory: Italian”).
noun
- 1
Acronym of workshop-oriented programming.
verb
- 1
Alternative form of whop (“to hit or strike”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wop in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense derogatory term for a person of Italian descent:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | rital, macaroni |
| German | Itaker, Itakerin, Spaghettifresser, Spaghettifresserin, Tschingg, Tschingili (Baden) |
| Portuguese | macarrone, carcamano, latacho |
| Spanish | tano, tana, espagueti, bachiche, italianini, bachicha |
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 wop come from?
From Neapolitan guappo (“dude, stud”), a greeting borrowed from Spanish guapo (“bold, handsome”). Contrary to popular belief, the term is not an acronym of without passport or working off passage, which are backronyms derived from the term. First attested in New York City around 1906, eventually also spreading to Canada, Australia, and Britain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).