ipe
/ˈi.peɪ/
"ipe" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ipe” is uncommon English (frequency #87,408 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,408
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A type of wood of the genus Tabebuia, similar to teak, used for outdoor decking and furniture.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ipe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈi.peɪ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #87,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ipe” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ipe is uncommon English at frequency #87,408 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈi.peɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A type of wood of the genus Tabebuia, similar to teak, used for outdoor decking and furniture.".
ipe has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Portuguese ipê. The correct English form is ipe, spelled I-P-E.
Definition
- 1A type of wood of the genus Tabebuia, similar to teak, used for outdoor decking and furniture.
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese ipê.
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 “ipe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-P-E - 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.