# snipes

> English word · Noun · IPA /snaɪps/ · frequency rank #45,091

## Definitions
1. plural of snipe
2. Obsolete form of snips (“shears, scissors”)

## Easily confused with
- **spies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snipes-vs-spies)
- **swipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snipes-vs-swipe)
- **stipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snipes-vs-stipe)
- **spices** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snipes-vs-spices)
- **Spires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snipes-vs-spires)
- **swipes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snipes-vs-swipes)
- **stripes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snipes-vs-stripes)
- **snippet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snipes-vs-snippet)
- **snip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-snipes)
- **SNES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snes-vs-snipes)
- **sites** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sites-vs-snipes)
- **sides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sides-vs-snipes)
- **ships** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ships-vs-snipes)
- **sizes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sizes-vs-snipes)
- **skies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skies-vs-snipes)
- **slips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slips-vs-snipes)
- **snipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snipe-vs-snipes)
- **Snape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snape-vs-snipes)
- **snide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snide-vs-snipes)
- **shapes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shapes-vs-snipes)

## Common misspellings (9)
`nsipes`, `sinpes`, `snieps`, `snipess`, `snippes`, `snipse`, `snnipes`, `snpies`, `ssnipes`

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