gyp
/d͡ʒɪp/
"gyp" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gyp” is an uncommon English word, ranked #91,584 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #91,584
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gyp |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /d͡ʒɪp/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #91,584 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gyp” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for gyp is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /d͡ʒɪp/. Corpus data places it at rank #91,584 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for gyp in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Perhaps from the term gypsy (“Roma”), due to a stereotype of the Roma as swindlers. Compare jew (“defraud”), from Jew, and welsh (“swindle by defaulting on a debt”), from Welsh. Could also be derived from dupe, with the same pattern (yod coalescence) as idi… The correct English form is gyp, spelled G-Y-P.
Definition
- 1A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
- 2Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”).
Etymology
Perhaps from the term gypsy (“Roma”), due to a stereotype of the Roma as swindlers. Compare jew (“defraud”), from Jew, and welsh (“swindle by defaulting on a debt”), from Welsh. Could also be derived from dupe, with the same pattern (yod coalescence) as idiot becomes eejit in Scottish English.
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.
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Using “gyp”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-Y-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.