Philippa
/ˈfɪ.lɪ.pə/
"philippa" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Philippa” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,098. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,098
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Corpus desk
Index EN-philippa · Philippa · English
Philippa · rank #38,098 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,098
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pewter
Nearest frequency peer: pewter (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Philippa”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- pestilence
pestilence
61,906 corpus weight
- pews
pews
61,905 corpus weight
- pewter
pewter
61,904 corpus weight
- Philippa
Philippa
61,903 corpus weight
- philosophic…
philosophically
61,902 corpus weight
- pippin
pippin
61,900 corpus weight
What this shows “Philippa” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | Philippa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɪ.lɪ.pə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #38,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Philippa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Philippa (IPA /ˈfɪ.lɪ.pə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,098 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A female given name from Ancient Greek.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Philippa, with forms such as "hpilippa", "phhilippa", and "phiilppa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Philips", "Philip", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: A Latinate feminine form of Philip, recorded in medieval England, but originally pronounced like the masculine form. The correct English form is Philippa, spelled P-H-I-L-I-P-P-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Philippa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"You detest every thing insincere, I know, charming Philippa — pardon me, your beautiful name betrays me constantly. Is it not — like your voice — stolen from poetry or music?"
They had an expensive, well-cut air which was like a uniform, and their conversation was all about people with names like Terence and Geoffrey, Philippa and Vivien, who lived in London and County Wicklow and who were "terribly amusing".
Etymology
A Latinate feminine form of Philip, recorded in medieval England, but originally pronounced like the masculine form.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hpilippa
- phhilippa
- phiilppa
- philipa
- philipap
- phillippa
- philpipa
- phliippa
- pihlippa
- pphilippa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Philippa - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Philippa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).