rupiah
noun
rupiah is spelled R-U-P-I-A-H: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rupiah means “The unit of currency in Indonesia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rupiah is rupiahs.
How many letters and syllables are in rupiah?
| Letters | 6: R-U-P-I-A-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,894th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is rupiah?
Rupiah appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce rupiah?
Rupiah has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-rupiah.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rupiah
- rupiahs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rupiah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The unit of currency in Indonesia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does rupiah come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).