raspis

noun

"raspis" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“raspis” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a raspberry

Corpus desk

Index EN-raspis · raspis · English

raspis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for raspis
PropertyValue
Headwordraspis
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “raspis” in English

raspissits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

raspis is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "a raspberry".

No misspelling variants are generated for raspis in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is raspis, spelled R-A-S-P-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    a raspberry

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how raspis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. And men themselves contented well with plaine and simple foode, That on the earth by natures gift without their travell stoode, Did live by raspis ...
  2. It were good to keepe some of the juyce of raspis-berries in some wooden vessel, and to make it, as it were, raspis wine.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "raspis"?
"raspis" is spelled R-A-S-P-I-S.
What does "raspis" mean?
As a noun, "raspis" means: a raspberry
What language does "raspis" come from?
"raspis" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list