knape
/neɪp/obsolete
knape is spelled K-N-A-P-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, knape means “A lad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of knape is knapes.
How many letters and syllables are in knape?
| Letters | 5: K-N-A-P-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 76 million words; the 275,970th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is knape?
Knape appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th 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 knape?
- UK /neɪp/
Knape has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with knape
Sounds like: nape (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with knape?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as knape from its last stressed vowel (/eɪp/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pekan.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does knape mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA lad.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does knape come from?
From Middle English knape (“a lad, boy”), from Old English cnapa (“a lad, boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *knappō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).