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dupe

/duːp/noun, verb

dupe is spelled D-U-P-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dupe means “A person who has been deceived” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dupe is dupes.

How many letters and syllables are in dupe?

Letters4: D-U-P-E
Syllables1
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 37,943rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is dupe?

Dupe appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce dupe?

  • /dʒuːp/
  • /djuːp/
  • US /duːp/

Dupe has one syllable.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dupe.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with dupe?

11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dupe from its last stressed vowel (/up/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of dupe

  • dupes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • duping participle, present
  • duped participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does dupe mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A person who has been deceived.

  2. 2

    informalA duplicate of a photographic image.

  3. 3

    informalA duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.

  4. 4

    informalA word which appears more than once in a crossword puzzle.

  5. 5

    informalA counterfeit; a fake, a (typically cheaper) copy (of some legitimate consumer product, design, etc).

  6. 6

    An unanticipated method or incident by which duplicates of in-game items are created; a duplication glitch.

  7. 7

    An in-game item that was created by means of a duplication glitch.

verb

  1. 1

    To swindle, deceive, or trick.

  2. 2

    To duplicate.

    Can you dupe this photo for me?

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Dupe in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germanunbedarfter Mensch, Naivling, Gelackmeierte, Düpierte, Traummännlein, Betrogene (deceived person)
Portugueseludibriado (deceived person), enganar, defraudar (to swindle, deceive, or trick)
Spanishincauto, engrupido, engañado (deceived person), engañar, embaucar, timar (to swindle, deceive, or trick)
Frenchduper (to swindle, deceive, or trick)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does dupe come from?

From French duper, from Middle French duppe, alteration of huppe (“hoopoe”), from Latin, onomatopoeic.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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