alphabet soup

1. 1.

   a confusing assortment

   “Roosevelt created an alphabet soup of federal agencies”

   Broaderassortment
2. 2.

   soup that contains small noodles in the shape of letters of the alphabet

   Broadersoup

Questions about alphabet soup

What does alphabet soup mean?

alphabet soup means "a confusing assortment". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is alphabet soup a common word?

alphabet soup is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.