# rupee

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɹuːˈpiː/ · frequency rank #27,627

## Definitions
1. The common name for the monetary currencies used in modern India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, the Seychelles, or Sri Lanka.
2. A silver coin circulating in India between the 16th and 20th centuries, weighing one tola (formerly 170–180 troy grains; from 1833, 180 troy grains).
3. The primary currency of Hyrule.

## Etymology
Coined by Sher Shah Suri, the Sultan of the Suri Empire 1540–1545 as Hindustani रुपीया / رُوپِییَہ (rūpīya), variant of रुपया / رُوپَیَہ (rūpaya, “rupee”), from Sanskrit रूप्यक (rūpyaka, “silver coin”), from रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought gold or silver; stamped coin; beautiful, well-shaped; impressed, stamped”). Doublet of rufiyaa and rupiah.

## Easily confused with
- **ruse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rupee-vs-ruse)
- **Rupert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rupee-vs-rupert)
- **rue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rue-vs-rupee)
- **ree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ree-vs-rupee)
- **rule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rule-vs-rupee)
- **rape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rape-vs-rupee)
- **rude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rude-vs-rupee)
- **rope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rope-vs-rupee)
- **ripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ripe-vs-rupee)
- **rune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rune-vs-rupee)
- **rube** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rube-vs-rupee)
- **Rhee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhee-vs-rupee)
- **rules** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rules-vs-rupee)
- **ruled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ruled-vs-rupee)
- **ruler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ruler-vs-rupee)
- **ropes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ropes-vs-rupee)
- **repel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repel-vs-rupee)
- **Ruben** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ruben-vs-rupee)
- **roper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-rupee)
- **ripen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ripen-vs-rupee)

## Common misspellings (6)
`rpuee`, `rrupee`, `ruepe`, `rupe`, `ruppee`, `urpee`

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