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semple

adjective, noun

semple is an adjective meaning “simple; low-born; of mean birth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-E-M-P-L-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does semple mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    simple; low-born; of mean birth.

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative form of simple (“part of a drawloom”)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce semple?

    Semple has 2 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).

    Forms of semple

    • more semple comparative
    • most semple superlative
    • semples plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    How common is semple?

    Semple appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th 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).

    Words people confuse with semple

    Also written: simple.

    Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).