OOP

abbrev

The verdict

“OOP” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #83,154 among 846 “O” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,154
frequency rank, Portuguese
846
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sigla de object-oriented programming (programação voltada para objetos)

Key facts for OOP
PropertyValue
HeadwordOOP
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#83,154
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “OOP” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). OOP lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

OOP is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #83,154 among 846 “O” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for OOP in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is OOP, spelled O-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    sigla de object-oriented programming (programação voltada para objetos)
  2. 2
    sigla de out-of-print (diz-se de jogos de tabuleiro que não são mais produzidos)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "OOP"?
"OOP" is spelled O-O-P.
What does "OOP" mean?
As an abbreviation, "OOP" means: sigla de object-oriented programming (programação voltada para objetos)
What language does "OOP" come from?
"OOP" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “OOP”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-O-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list