kippah
/ˈkɪpə/noun
kippah is spelled K-I-P-P-A-H: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kippah means “The cloth skullcap or yarmulke traditionally worn by male Jews” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kippah is kippahs or kippot.
How many letters and syllables are in kippah?
| Letters | 6: K-I-P-P-A-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 133,440th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is kippah?
Kippah appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce kippah?
- UK /ˈkɪpə/
- UK /kɪˈpɑː/
- US /ˈkɪpə/
Kippah has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-kippah.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with kippah
Sounds like: kipper (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of kippah
- kippahs plural
- kippot plural
- kippoth plural
- kippa
- kipah
- kipa
- kippoh
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kippah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The cloth skullcap or yarmulke traditionally worn by male Jews.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Kippah in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense skullcap:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does kippah come from?
Borrowed from Hebrew כִּיפָּה (kipá).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).