dupes

/djuːps/

//djuːps// noun

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

The verdict

“dupes” is an uncommon English word, ranked #54,140 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#54,140
frequency rank, English
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of dupe

Key facts for dupes
PropertyValue
Headworddupes
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/djuːps/
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,140
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dupes” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). dupes lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for dupes is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /djuːps/. Corpus data places it at rank #54,140 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “dupes”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is D-U-P-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /djuːps/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list