cypress
/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/
"cypress" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cypress” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,896. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,896
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus...
Corpus desk
Index EN-cypress · cypress · English
cypress · rank #20,896 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,896
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH dal
Nearest frequency peer: dal (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “cypress”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- crochet
crochet
79,109 corpus weight
- CSI
CSI
79,107 corpus weight
- cypress
cypress
79,105 corpus weight
- dal
dal
79,104 corpus weight
- dandy
dandy
79,103 corpus weight
- dependable
dependable
79,102 corpus weight
What this shows “cypress” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cypress |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,896 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cypress”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around cypress (IPA /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,896 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cypress, with forms such as "ccypress", "cpyress", and "cyperss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Cyprus", "caress", "compress", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English cipres, from Old French cipres (French cyprès), from Late Latin cypressus; compare Hebrew גֹּפֶר (gōp̄er), the name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Genesis. vi:14), also κύπρος (relating to aromatic pitch). The correct English form is cypress, spelled C-Y-P-R-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cypress appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The plain appears like paradiſe reſtored, where the proud cypreſs and tall arreca ſeem walking by the margin of the paſſing ſtream..
Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.
Etymology
From Middle English cipres, from Old French cipres (French cyprès), from Late Latin cypressus; compare Hebrew גֹּפֶר (gōp̄er), the name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Genesis. vi:14), also κύπρος (relating to aromatic pitch).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccypress
- cpyress
- cyperss
- cyppress
- cypres
- cyprress
- cyprses
- cyrpess
- cyypress
- ycpress
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cypress - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
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