Ipanema
"ipanema" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ipanema” is uncommon English (frequency #63,708 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,708
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A neighborhood of Zona Sul district, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ipanema · Ipanema · English
Ipanema · rank #63,708 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,708
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH inveterate
Nearest frequency peer: inveterate (-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 “Ipanema”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- instar
instar
36,296 corpus weight
- intergroup
intergroup
36,295 corpus weight
- inveterate
inveterate
36,294 corpus weight
- Ipanema
Ipanema
36,293 corpus weight
- IPM
IPM
36,292 corpus weight
- italicized
italicized
36,289 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ipanema” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ipanema |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,708 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ipanema” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ipanema is uncommon English at frequency #63,708 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ipanema in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Ipanema, ultimately from Old Tupi. The correct English form is Ipanema, spelled I-P-A-N-E-M-A.
Definition
- 1A neighborhood of Zona Sul district, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 2A beach located in the neighborhood.
Etymology
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Ipanema, ultimately from Old Tupi.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).