# stipe

> English word · Noun · IPA /staɪp/ · frequency rank #40,462

## Definitions
1. The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
2. The trunk of a tree.
3. The caudicle within the pollinarium of an orchid flower
4. The petiole of the frond of a fern or palm

## Etymology
From French stipe, from Latin stīpes (“a stock, post, branch”).

## Easily confused with
- **STP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-stp)
- **stop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-stop)
- **stir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-stir)
- **style** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-style)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-store)
- **stone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-stone)
- **stops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-stops)
- **strip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-strip)
- **stole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-stole)
- **suite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-suite)
- **stoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-stoke)
- **stove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-stove)
- **swipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-swipe)
- **swine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-swine)
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-stowe)
- **strike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-strike)
- **strips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-strips)
- **strive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-strive)
- **stripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-stripe)
- **stride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stipe-vs-stride)

## Common misspellings (7)
`sitpe`, `sstipe`, `stiep`, `stippe`, `stpie`, `sttipe`, `tsipe`

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