guipure
/ɡɪˈp(j)ʊə/noun
guipure is spelled G-U-I-P-U-R-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, guipure means “A kind of bobbin lace that connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of guipure is guipures.
How many letters and syllables are in guipure?
| Letters | 7: G-U-I-P-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st 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 guipure?
Guipure appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st 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 guipure?
- UK /ɡɪˈp(j)ʊə/
- UK /ɡiːˈp(j)ʊə/
- UK /ɡiːˈp(j)ʊəɹə/
Guipure has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with guipure?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as guipure from its last stressed vowel (/ʊə/, British pronunciation):
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 guipure
- guipures plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does guipure mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A kind of bobbin lace that connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does guipure come from?
Borrowed from French guipure, from guiper (“to cover with silk”), ultimately borrowed from Frankish *wīpan (“to wind, wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wīpaną (“to wind, wrap”). Related to English wimple.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).