Cox's Orange Pippin

noun

"cox-s-orange-pippin" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Cox's Orange Pippin” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An English cultivar of eating apple

Corpus desk

Index EN-cox-s-orange-pippin · Cox's Orange Pippin · English

Cox's Orange Pippin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 19 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for Cox's Orange Pippin
PropertyValue
HeadwordCox's Orange Pippin
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Cox's Orange Pippin” in English

Cox's Orange Pippinfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cox's Orange Pippin is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An English cultivar of eating apple".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Cox's Orange Pippin, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: First grown in 1830 by English horticulturist Richard Cox. The correct English form is Cox's Orange Pippin, spelled C-O-X-'-S- -O-R-A-N-G-E- -P-I-P-P-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    An English cultivar of eating apple

Etymology

First grown in 1830 by English horticulturist Richard Cox.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cox's Orange Pippin"?
"Cox's Orange Pippin" is spelled C-O-X-'-S- -O-R-A-N-G-E- -P-I-P-P-I-N.
What does "Cox's Orange Pippin" mean?
As a noun, "Cox's Orange Pippin" means: An English cultivar of eating apple
What is the origin of the word "Cox's Orange Pippin"?
First grown in 1830 by English horticulturist Richard Cox. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list