# Ripley

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɹɪpli/ · frequency rank #21,346

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.
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## Etymology
From the Old English folk name for the Anglian tribe, *Hrype + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).

## Easily confused with
- **ripped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ripley-vs-ripped)
- **ripple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ripley-vs-ripple)
- **ripper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ripley-vs-ripper)
- **Rowley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ripley-vs-rowley)
- **ripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ripe-vs-ripley)
- **reply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reply-vs-ripley)
- **rifle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rifle-vs-ripley)
- **Riley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riley-vs-ripley)
- **ripen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ripen-vs-ripley)
- **rifles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rifles-vs-ripley)
- **replay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/replay-vs-ripley)
- **ridley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ridley-vs-ripley)
- **Rickey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rickey-vs-ripley)
- **Radley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/radley-vs-ripley)

## Common misspellings (9)
`irpley`, `rilpey`, `ripely`, `ripleyy`, `riplley`, `riplye`, `rippley`, `rpiley`, `rripley`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ripley