rupiah
"rupiah" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rupiah” is uncommon English (frequency #63,216 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,216
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The unit of currency in Indonesia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rupiah · rupiah · English
rupiah · rank #63,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,216
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Runcorn
Nearest frequency peer: Runcorn (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “rupiah”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Rotorua
Rotorua
36,791 corpus weight
- ruffin
ruffin
36,787 corpus weight
- Runcorn
Runcorn
36,786 corpus weight
- rupiah
rupiah
36,785 corpus weight
- sacrum
sacrum
36,782 corpus weight
- Sandys
Sandys
36,780 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “rupiah” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rupiah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rupiah” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rupiah is uncommon English at frequency #63,216 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The unit of currency in Indonesia.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rupiah, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Indonesian rupiah, in turn Borrowed from Pali rūpiya (“silver”), in turn borrowed from Sanskrit रूप्यक (rūpyaka, “a silver coin”), from रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”). Doublet of rupee and rufiyaa. The correct English form is rupiah, spelled R-U-P-I-A-H.
Definition
- 1The unit of currency in Indonesia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rupiah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Cerme, the “three pillars” gives those caught not wearing a mask the option of accepting a fine of 150,000 rupiah ($10) or accepting what the government calls “social punishment,” according to the district’s leader, Suyono.
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian rupiah, in turn Borrowed from Pali rūpiya (“silver”), in turn borrowed from Sanskrit रूप्यक (rūpyaka, “a silver coin”), from रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”). Doublet of rupee and rufiyaa.
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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