kippa

\ki.pa\

/\ki.pa\/ noun

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The verdict

“kippa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,463. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,463
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couvre-chef religieux des Juifs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kippa · kippa · French

kippa · rank #36,463 · 5 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,463
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH kiffé

Nearest frequency peer: kiffé (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « kippa »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « kippa » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

kippa vs kira
60% similar
kippa vs kia
60% similar
kippa vs kappa
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for kippa
PropertyValue
Headwordkippa
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ki.pa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#36,463
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kippa »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).kippase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « kiffé » (#36,462), « kodak » (#36,464), « kermesse » (#36,461). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kippa » est au #36,463. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around kippa (IPA \ki.pa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,463 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Couvre-chef religieux des Juifs.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for kippa, with forms such as "ikppa", "kipa", and "kipap". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "kira", "kia", "kappa", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is kippa, spelled K-I-P-P-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couvre-chef religieux des Juifs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ordonné rabbin, il devient aumônier de l’armée de l’air, et porte la kippa dans ses heures de service.
  2. Le port de la kippa dans les établissements scolaires semble mieux toléré que le voile par les enseignants, mais surtout il est beaucoup moins fréquent dans les écoles publiques en raison de l’existence d’un nombre non négligeable d’écoles juives sous contrat où ce port est largement répandu.

This word in other languages

kippah(English)kipá(Español)Kippa(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ikppa
  • kipa
  • kipap
  • kkippa
  • kpipa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kippa - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ikppa2kipa1kipap2kkippa1kpipa2
Edit distance from "kippa"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kippa"?
"kippa" is spelled K-I-P-P-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ki.pa\.
What does "kippa" mean?
As a noun, "kippa" means: Couvre-chef religieux des Juifs.
What words are commonly confused with "kippa"?
"kippa" is commonly confused with "kira", "kia", "kappa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "kippa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kippa" is \ki.pa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kippa" come from?
"kippa" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kippa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kiffé#36,462kodak#36,464laids#36,465laits#36,466

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

Juno5 variantsletton5 variantslotte5 variantsIlya5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list