Kippa
[ˈkɪpa]
The verdict
“Kippa” is an uncommon German word, ranked #72,606 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #72,606
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine den Hinterkopf bedeckende, mit einer Klammer an den Haaren fixierte, flache Kopfbedeckung, die vor allem während religiöser Rituale (aus Ehrfurcht vor Gott) zumeist von männlichen, zuweilen ab...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kippa |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɪpa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kippa” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kippa is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkɪpa]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,606 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine den Hinterkopf bedeckende, mit einer Klammer an den Haaren fixierte, flache Kopfbedeckung, die vor allem während religiöser Rituale (aus Ehrfurcht vor Gott) zumeist von männlichen, zuweilen ab...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kippa, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kippa, spelled K-I-P-P-A.
Definition
- 1eine den Hinterkopf bedeckende, mit einer Klammer an den Haaren fixierte, flache Kopfbedeckung, die vor allem während religiöser Rituale (aus Ehrfurcht vor Gott) zumeist von männlichen, zuweilen aber auch von weiblichen Juden getragen wird
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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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Kippa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-I-P-P-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkɪpa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.