dupes

/djuːps/

//djuːps// noun

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"dupes" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“dupes” is uncommon English (frequency #54,140 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,140
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of dupe

Corpus desk

Index EN-dupes · dupes · English

dupes · rank #54,140 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,140
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH duffle

Nearest frequency peer: duffle (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “dupes”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “dupes” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dupes
PropertyValue
Headworddupes
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/djuːps/
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,140
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “dupes” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).dupesfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “duffle” (#54,139), “Eason” (#54,141), “eavesdrop” (#54,143). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “dupes” is #54,140. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dupes is uncommon English at frequency #54,140 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /djuːps/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of dupe".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dupes, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is dupes, spelled D-U-P-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of dupe

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dupes"?
"dupes" is spelled D-U-P-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /djuːps/.
What does "dupes" mean?
As a noun, "dupes" means: plural of dupe
How do you pronounce "dupes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dupes" is /djuːps/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dupes" come from?
"dupes" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dupes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Eason#54,141drawl#54,135doozy#54,130Ewell#54,167

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list