snips
/snɪps/
"snips" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“snips” is uncommon English (frequency #71,113 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,113
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of snip
Corpus desk
Index EN-snips · snips · English
snips · rank #71,113 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,113
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sleeker
Nearest frequency peer: sleeker (-4 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “snips”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- skylab
skylab
28,895 corpus weight
- slanting
slanting
28,894 corpus weight
- sleeker
sleeker
28,892 corpus weight
- snips
snips
28,888 corpus weight
- soh
soh
28,884 corpus weight
- sorption
sorption
28,883 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “snips” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | snips |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /snɪps/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “snips” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
snips is uncommon English at frequency #71,113 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /snɪps/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for snips, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is snips, spelled S-N-I-P-S.
Definition
- 1plural of snip
- 2shears; hand tools used to cut sheet metal and other tough webs
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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