nope
/nəʊp/
"nope" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nope” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #4,617 in English word frequency and used as a particle.
- #4,617
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - No.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nope |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Particle |
| IPA | /nəʊp/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #4,617 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nope” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for nope is 4 letters long, classified as a particle, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /nəʊp/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,617 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "No.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for nope, with forms such as "nnope", "noep", and "noppe". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "NP", "not", "now", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Representing no pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Luick instead claims it represents a realisation of no with final [ʔ], with a purported reduction of /p/ to [ʔ] in before syllabic liquids providing a model for the spelling of [ʔ] as -pe,… The correct English form is nope, spelled N-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1No.
Etymology
Representing no pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Luick instead claims it represents a realisation of no with final [ʔ], with a purported reduction of /p/ to [ʔ] in before syllabic liquids providing a model for the spelling of [ʔ] as -pe, but it is more parsimonious to assume that the -pe directly represents attested realisations with [p̚]. Compare yep, welp, ope, and yup.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nnope,noep,noppe,npoe,onpe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nope - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “nope”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-O-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /nəʊp/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “NP” - see the side-by-side comparison. nope vs NP
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.