pipe

\pip\

/\pip\/ noun

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The verdict

“pipe” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,010. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,010
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pipeau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pipe · pipe · French

pipe · rank #8,010 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,010
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Peugeot

Nearest frequency peer: Peugeot (-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 « pipe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pipe » 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).

pipe vs pré
25% similar
pipe vs pis
50% similar
pipe vs pop
50% similar

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

Key facts for pipe
PropertyValue
Headwordpipe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pip\
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,010
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pipe »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pipese 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 « Peugeot » (#8,009), « planter » (#8,011), « pathétique » (#8,007). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pipe » est au #8,010. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around pipe (IPA \pip\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,010 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for pipe, with forms such as "ippe", "piep", and "pippe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pré", "pis", "pop", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pipe, spelled P-I-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pipeau.
  2. 2
    Chalumeau utilisé autrefois pour boire le vin consacré, pendant la messe
  3. 3
    Objet pour fumer du tabac ou une autre substance fumable.
  4. 4
    Fellation. (Note : On utilise plus souvent le verbe tailler que le faire faire pour désigner cette action.)
  5. 5
    Grande futaille pour mettre du vin des liquides, des marchandises tels par exemple des harengs. La contenance en était généralement de 800 litres.
  6. 6
    Mesure de capacité, utilisée dans quelques pays, équivalant à ce genre de futaille, et dont le volume varie selon les usages.
  7. 7
    Petite saucisse sèche d’Ardenne.
  8. 8
    Cigarette.
  9. 9
    Objet en terre cuite en forme de pipe, servant de cible dans les stands de tir des baraques foraines.
  10. 10
    Incapable, incompétent, mauvais.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La ville de Saint-Claude dans le Jura est la capitale mondiale de la pipe.
  2. À propos de fumage ou de fumerie, — lequel des deux se dit ? — avertissons les romanciers qui n’ont pas renouvelé depuis quelques années les couleurs de leur palette locale, de ne pas s’aviser de mettre, à la bouche des Hollandais ou des Allemands modernes qu’ils dépeindront, des pipes de terre, de porcelaine ou d’écume de mer, — Alphonse Karr écrirait :…

Synonyms

bouffardebrûle-gueulecalumetchibouquenarguilé

This word in other languages

pipe(English)pipa(Español)Pfeife(Deutsch)cachimbo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ippe
  • piep
  • pippe
  • ppie
  • ppipe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pipe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ippe2piep2pippe1ppie2ppipe1
Edit distance from "pipe"

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 "pipe"?
"pipe" is spelled P-I-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pip\.
What does "pipe" mean?
As a noun, "pipe" means: Pipeau.
What words are commonly confused with "pipe"?
"pipe" is commonly confused with "pré", "pis", "pop". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pipe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pipe" is \pip\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pipe" come from?
"pipe" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Omar#8,002rats#8,022nazi#7,996NASA#7,995

Similar misspelling depth

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

iPad5 variantsfume5 variantsfosse5 variantscuire5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list