koppa
noun
koppa is spelled K-O-P-P-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, koppa means “An Ancient Greek letter representing /k/, Ϙ / ϙ, replaced by kappa by the Classical Greek period” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of koppa is koppas.
How many letters and syllables are in koppa?
| Letters | 5: K-O-P-P-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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 koppa?
Koppa appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th 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).
Forms of koppa
- koppas plural
- qoppa
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does koppa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An Ancient Greek letter representing /k/, Ϙ / ϙ, replaced by kappa by the Classical Greek period.
- 2
The Greek numeral Ϟ (lowercase ϟ), descended from the ancient letter and having the numerical value of 90.
- 3
The archaic Cyrillic numeral Ҁ (lowercase ҁ), descended from the ancient Greek letter and having the numerical value of 90.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Koppa in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Ancient Greek letter:
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 koppa come from?
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόππα (kóppa), originally ϙόππα (qóppa).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).