wrap up

verb

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"wrap-up" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“wrap up” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To cover or enclose (something) by folding and securing a covering entirely around it.

Corpus desk

Index EN-wrap-up · wrap up · English

wrap up · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "W" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for wrap up
PropertyValue
Headwordwrap up
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “wrap up” in English

wrap upsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wrap up is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wrap up, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is wrap up, spelled W-R-A-P- -U-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    To cover or enclose (something) by folding and securing a covering entirely around it.
  2. 2
    To conclude or finish completely.
  3. 3
    To summarize or recapitulate.
  4. 4
    To put on abundant clothing as protection from the cold; to bundle up.
  5. 5
    To cocoon; to surround protectively.
  6. 6
    To tie up; to make too busy to respond.
  7. 7
    To combine, incorporate or encapsulate into one thing.
  8. 8
    To hide or cover up.
  9. 9
    To curl into a more compact form.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how wrap up appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. He wrapped up the parcel with brown paper.
  2. Let me wrap you up a piece of this pie to take home with you.

Antonyms

unwrap

This word in other languages

envolver(Español)emballer(Français)verpacken(Deutsch)empacotar(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wrap up"?
"wrap up" is spelled W-R-A-P- -U-P.
What does "wrap up" mean?
As a verb, "wrap up" means: To cover or enclose (something) by folding and securing a covering entirely around it.
What language does "wrap up" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list