tiptop

noun

"tiptop" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“tiptop” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The very topmost point.

Corpus desk

Index EN-tiptop · tiptop · English

tiptop · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for tiptop
PropertyValue
Headwordtiptop
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tiptop” sits in English frequency

tiptopfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tiptop is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tiptop, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From tip + top. The correct English form is tiptop, spelled T-I-P-T-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    The very topmost point.
  2. 2
    The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything.
  3. 3
    Oral stimulation of the male member, a blowjob (more commonly top).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how tiptop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bad little bitch give me tiptop, don’t stop, this little beat is a co-bop

Etymology

From tip + top.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tiptop"?
"tiptop" is spelled T-I-P-T-O-P.
What does "tiptop" mean?
As a noun, "tiptop" means: The very topmost point.
What is the origin of the word "tiptop"?
From tip + top. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list