tuple
/ˈtʊpəl/
"tuple" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tuple” is an uncommon English word, ranked #57,139 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #57,139
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A finite sequence of terms.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tuple |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtʊpəl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tuple” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for tuple is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtʊpəl/. Corpus data places it at rank #57,139 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tuple, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the ending of the words quintuple, sextuple; from Latin -plus. The correct English form is tuple, spelled T-U-P-L-E.
Definition
- 1A finite sequence of terms.
- 2A single row in a relational database.
- 3A set of comma-separated values passed to a program or operating system as a parameter to a function call.
- 4A fixed-size container data type similar to a list that can hold different types of elements.
Etymology
From the ending of the words quintuple, sextuple; from Latin -plus.
This word in other languages
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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Using “tuple”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-U-P-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtʊpəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.