# tripe

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɹaɪp/ · frequency rank #41,435

## Definitions
1. The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.
2. The entrails; (by extension, humorous or derogatory) the belly.
3. Something foolish or valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television).
4. An edible lichen, especially rock tripe.

## Etymology
From Middle English tripe, from Old French tripe (“entrails”), of uncertain origin; possibly borrowed from Spanish tripa.

## Easily confused with
- **TRP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-trp)
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-true)
- **type** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-type)
- **tris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-tris)
- **TTIP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-ttip)
- **twice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-twice)
- **trips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-trips)
- **truce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-truce)
- **trope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-trope)
- **Trish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-trish)
- **trove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-trove)
- **twine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-twine)
- **Tripp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-tripp)
- **trite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-trite)
- **triple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-triple)
- **troupe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-troupe)
- **tripod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-tripod)
- **Trixie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-trixie)
- **trippy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-trippy)
- **tripped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-tripped)

## Common misspellings (7)
`rtipe`, `tirpe`, `triep`, `trippe`, `trpie`, `trripe`, `ttripe`

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