# Zips

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /(t)sɪps/ · frequency rank #37,781

## Definitions
1. A region of north-eastern Slovakia, Spiš region
2. A former province of Hungary, consisting of part of north-eastern Slovakia and a small adjoining region in Poland, Spiš province

## Etymology
Borrowed from German Zips, from Middle High German Cypis, Cypus, possibly from Old Hungarian Schypis (modern Szepes).

## Easily confused with
- **zip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zip-vs-zips)
- **zig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zig-vs-zips)
- **zap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zap-vs-zips)
- **Zia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zia-vs-zips)
- **z's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/z-s-vs-zips)
- **Zim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zim-vs-zips)
- **zinc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zinc-vs-zips)
- **Zeus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zeus-vs-zips)
- **Zion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zion-vs-zips)
- **zine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zine-vs-zips)
- **zika** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zika-vs-zips)
- **zing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zing-vs-zips)
- **Zeiss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zeiss-vs-zips)

## Common misspellings (6)
`izps`, `zipps`, `zipss`, `zisp`, `zpis`, `zzips`

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