# copy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒpi/ · frequency rank #1,752

## Definitions
1. The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.
2. The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.
3. An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
4. The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
5. The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
6. The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
7. A person employed to carry copy and run errands.
8. A schoolwork pad or workbook.
9. A particular instance of a book: a single printed impression or digital file representing it.
10. A particular instance of an issue of a periodical (e.g., magazine, journal, bulletin): a single printed impression or digital file representing that issue; (metonynmically) the issue.
11. Writing paper of a particular size: Synonym of bastard.
12. That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.
13. An abundance or plenty of anything.
14. copyhold; tenure; lease.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Middle English copy
English copy
From Middle English copy, copie, from Old French copie (“abundance, plenty; transcript, copy”), from Medieval Latin copia (“reproduction, transcript”), from Latin cōpia (“plenty, abundance”), from *coopia, from co- (“together”) + ops (“wealth, riches”). More at opulent.

## Easily confused with
- **cp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cp)
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cup)
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cry)
- **cow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cow)
- **cos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cos)
- **cox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cox)
- **CPU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cpu)
- **CPR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cpr)
- **CPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cps)
- **cor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cor)
- **CPI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cpi)
- **CPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cpa)
- **cot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cot)
- **CPC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cpc)
- **coz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-coz)
- **coy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-coy)
- **cpl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cpl)
- **CPD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cpd)
- **Cov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-cov)
- **CSP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-csp)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccopy`, `coppy`, `copyy`, `coyp`, `cpoy`, `ocpy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/copy