nipa
ni·pa/ˈniːpə/noun
nipa is spelled N-I-P-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables (ni·pa). It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nipa means “A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nipa is nipas.
How many letters and syllables are in nipa?
| Letters | 4: N-I-P-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ni·pa |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 106,501st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nipa?
Nipa appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st 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 nipa?
- /ˈniːpə/
- /ˈnaɪpə/
As a noun (“Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran…”): /ˈniːpɑ/, /ˈniːpə/.
Nipa has 2 syllables, split ni·pa in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nipa.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nipa2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nipa?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as nipa.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pain, pina, pian.
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).
Forms of nipa
- nipas plural
- nipah
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nipa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans.
- 2
A liquor made from the sap of nipa palms.
- 3
The leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses.
- 4
Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, Palmer's grass.
noun
- 1
Initialism of National Income and Product Accounts.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nipa in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tree of the species Nypa fruticans:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | nipa |
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 nipa come from?
Borrowed from Malay nipah.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).