nippes
\nip\
The verdict
“nippes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de nippe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nippes · nippes · French
nippes · 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 "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nippes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nip\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nippes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nippes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nip\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de nippe.".
Zero misspellings are on record for nippes in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is nippes, spelled N-I-P-P-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de nippe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nippes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle, toute préoccupée, sans faire attention à ces choses, se mit à choisir, dans ses plus belles nippes, ce qu’il y avait de mieux : un grand bonnet de tulle à rubans larges comme la main, une robe orange à grands ramages verts, des bas bleus, un châle traînant rouge et noir, et une paire de souliers presque neufs.
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.