fip
/fɪp/obsolete
fip is spelled F-I-P: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a derogatory noun, fip means “Acronym of fucking Illinois people, chiefly used by year-round inhabitants of tourist towns: a tourist (especially when wealthy) to southwestern…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fip is fips.
How many letters and syllables are in fip?
| Letters | 3: F-I-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,074th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 fip?
Fip appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th 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 fip?
- US /fɪp/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with fip?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fip from its last stressed vowel (/ɪp/):
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).
What does fip mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USobsoletefippenny bit
noun
- 1
derogatoryAcronym of fucking Illinois people, chiefly used by year-round inhabitants of tourist towns: a tourist (especially when wealthy) to southwestern Michigan or northwestern Indiana lakeshore towns from the Chicago area.
- 2
Acronym of feline infectious peritonitis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does fip come from?
Shortening.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).