# Mississippi

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/ · frequency rank #5,236

## Definitions
1. A state of the United States.
2. A major river in the United States, flowing southward from north-central Minnesota through Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Minnesota and Louisiana, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”).

## Common misspellings (11)
`imssissippi`, `misissippi`, `misisssippi`, `missisippi`, `missisisppi`, `mississipi`, `mississipip`, `mississpipi`, `misssisippi`, `mmississippi`, `msisissippi`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mississippi