wrap
/ɹæp/verb, noun
wrap is spelled W-R-A-P: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “rap vs wrap” about 170 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, wrap means “To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in wrap?
| Letters | 4: W-R-A-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,121st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is wrap?
Wrap appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st 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 wrap?
- US /ɹæp/
- /ɹɒp/
- /(w)ræp/
Wrap 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-wrap.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with wrap
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: rap (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: rap.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with wrap?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as wrap from its last stressed vowel (/æp/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: warp.
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 wrap
- wraps present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- wrapping participle, present
- wrapped participle, past
- wrop
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wrap mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
Christmas gifts are commonly known to be wrapped in paper.
- 2
To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
A snake wraps itself around its prey.
- 3
To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
- 4
To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
To avoid going over budget, let's make sure we wrap by ten. (compare wrap up 2)
- 5
To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line
I wrapped the text so that I wouldn't need to scroll to the right to read it.
- 6
To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
- 7
To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.
The row counter wraps back to zero when no more rows can be inserted.
noun
- 1
Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
- 2
A large sheet of self-adhesive material applied over a vehicle's paintwork for decorative or protective purposes.
- 3
A loose piece of women's clothing that one wraps around the body; a shawl or scarf.
- 4
archaicAn outer garment worn as protection while riding, travelling etc.
- 5
A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
- 6
The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
- 7
A wraparound mortgage.
- 8
A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.
- 9
AustraliainformalAlternative spelling of rap (“appraisal”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wrap in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | envelopper, emballer , enrouler , écharpe, foulard , crêpe |
| German | wickeln, einwickeln, einpacken, hüllen, umhüllen , schlingen |
| Portuguese | embalar, empacotar, embrulhar |
| Spanish | envolver, fajar , chal, mantilla , wrap, burrito |
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 wrap come from?
From Middle English wrappen (“to wrap, fold”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to North Frisian wrappe (“to press into; stop up”), dialectal Danish vrappe (“to stuff, cram”), Middle Low German rincworpen (“to envelop, wrap”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, scrunch the face”), all perhaps tied to Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist, bend”). Compare also similar-sounding and similar-meaning Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, lap, envelop, fold”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up”), Old Italian goluppare (“to wrap”) (from Germanic).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).