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Pepe

Pe·pe/ˈpɛpeɪ/noun

Pepe is spelled P-E-P-E: 4 letters and 2 syllables (Pe·pe). It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Pepe means “An image or depiction of the Pepe the Frog character” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Pepe is Pepes.

How many letters and syllables are in Pepe?

Letters4: P-E-P-E
Syllables2: Pe·pe
In writing2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 Pepe?

Pepe appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd 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 Pepe?

  • /ˈpɛpeɪ/

Pepe has 2 syllables, split Pe·pe in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Pepe.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of Pepe

  • Pepes plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Pepe mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    An image or depiction of the Pepe the Frog character.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does Pepe come from?

The character's creator, Matt Furie, chose the name Pepe because it reminded him of the term pee-pee, a resemblance he found funny.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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