yop
/jɑp/noun, interjection
yop is spelled Y-O-P: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yop means “A person employed under the Youth Opportunities Programme in Britain in the 1980s” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yop is yops.
How many letters and syllables are in yop?
| Letters | 3: Y-O-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 138,319th 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 yop?
Yop appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th 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 yop?
- UK /jɒp/
- US /jɑp/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-YOP.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with yop?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as yop from its last stressed vowel (/ɑp/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: poy.
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 yop
- yops plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yop mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person employed under the Youth Opportunities Programme in Britain in the 1980s.
- 2
Initialism of Yersinia outer protein.
interjection
- 1
colloquialinformalYes; affirmative.
noun
- 1
UKslangA person employed under the Youth Opportunities Programme.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does yop come from?
From YOP.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).