sapele
/səˈpiːli/noun
sapele is spelled S-A-P-E-L-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sapele means “Entandrophragma cylindricum, a large tree native to tropical Africa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sapele is sapeles.
How many letters and syllables are in sapele?
| Letters | 6: S-A-P-E-L-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 141,699th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sapele?
Sapele appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th 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 sapele?
- /səˈpiːli/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with sapele?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sapele.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: please, asleep, elapse.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sapele
- sapeles plural
- sapelli
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sapele mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Entandrophragma cylindricum, a large tree native to tropical Africa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).