yup
/jʌp/noun, interjection
yup is spelled Y-U-P: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yup means “A yes; an affirmative answer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yup is yups.
How many letters and syllables are in yup?
| Letters | 3: Y-U-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,456th 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 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 yup?
Yup appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th 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 yup?
- /jʌp/
- [jʌp̚]
Yup 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-yup.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with yup?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as yup.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: puy.
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 yup
- yups plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yup mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalA yes; an affirmative answer.
- 2
informalClipping of yuppie.
interjection
- 1
informalYes.
noun
- 1
Initialism of young urban professional.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Yup in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense (informal) yes:
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 yup come from?
Representing yeah pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (excrescent /p/): yeah + -p.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).