ipe
/ˈi.peɪ/
"ipe" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ipe” is uncommon English (frequency #87,408 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,408
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A type of wood of the genus Tabebuia, similar to teak, used for outdoor decking and furniture.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ipe · ipe · English
ipe · rank #87,408 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,408
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Invercargill
Nearest frequency peer: Invercargill (-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 “ipe”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- insincerity
insincerity
12,598 corpus weight
- inundate
inundate
12,595 corpus weight
- Invercargill
Invercargill
12,594 corpus weight
- ipe
ipe
12,593 corpus weight
- Iphigenia
Iphigenia
12,592 corpus weight
- Jablonski
Jablonski
12,589 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ipe” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “ipe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ipe is uncommon English at frequency #87,408 among 2,140 “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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).