ketchup

Questions about ketchup

What does ketchup mean?

ketchup means "thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes".

How many syllables are in ketchup?

ketchup has 2 syllables: ket-chup. The stress falls on "ket". In IPA it is /ˈkɛtʃəp/.

What is another word for ketchup?

Close synonyms include catsup, cetchup, tomato ketchup. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ketchup a common word?

ketchup is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ketchup?

1 word rhymes with ketchup. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.