# cypress

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/ · frequency rank #20,896

## Definitions
1. 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 and Chamaecyparis.

## 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).

## Easily confused with
- **Cyprus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cypress-vs-cyprus)
- **caress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caress-vs-cypress)
- **compress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compress-vs-cypress)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccypress`, `cpyress`, `cyperss`, `cyppress`, `cypres`, `cyprress`, `cyprses`, `cyrpess`, `cyypress`, `ycpress`

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