hipper
/ˈhɪpɚ/
"hipper" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hipper” is uncommon English (frequency #74,169 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,169
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A hip boot.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hipper · hipper · English
hipper · rank #74,169 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,169
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hildegard
Nearest frequency peer: Hildegard (-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 “hipper”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- helpfulness
helpfulness
25,837 corpus weight
- Hephaestus
Hephaestus
25,836 corpus weight
- Hesketh
Hesketh
25,835 corpus weight
- Hildegard
Hildegard
25,833 corpus weight
- hipper
hipper
25,832 corpus weight
- hosing
hosing
25,827 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hipper” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hipper |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɪpɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hipper” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hipper is uncommon English at frequency #74,169 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhɪpɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A hip boot.".
Zero misspellings are on record for hipper in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hip + -er. The correct English form is hipper, spelled H-I-P-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1A hip boot.
Etymology
From hip + -er.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).