sip

verb

The verdict

“sip” is uncommon French (frequency #57,598 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,598
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Siroter.

Key facts for sip
PropertyValue
Headwordsip
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters3
Frequency rank#57,598
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sip” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sip lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sip is uncommon French at frequency #57,598 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Siroter.".

No misspelling variants are generated for sip in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sip, spelled S-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Siroter.

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 "sip"?
"sip" is spelled S-I-P.
What does "sip" mean?
As a verb, "sip" means: Siroter.
What language does "sip" come from?
"sip" 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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Using “sip”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-I-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list