stipe

\stip\

/\stip\/ noun

The verdict

“stipe” is uncommon French (frequency #72,761 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,761
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tige ligneuse des plantes monocotylédones arborescentes, des palmiers, des grandes fougères, etc. souvent nommé faux-tronc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stipe · stipe · French

stipe · rank #72,761 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,761
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stipulées

Nearest frequency peer: stipulées (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « stipe »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « stipe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stipe
PropertyValue
Headwordstipe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\stip\
Letters5
Frequency rank#72,761
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « stipe » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.stipetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « stipulées » (#72,762), « Stamm » (#72,759), « stormy » (#72,763). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stipe » est au #72,761. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stipe is uncommon French at frequency #72,761 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \stip\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for stipe in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is stipe, spelled S-T-I-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tige ligneuse des plantes monocotylédones arborescentes, des palmiers, des grandes fougères, etc. souvent nommé faux-tronc.
  2. 2
    Nom scientifique du pied des champignons basidiomycètes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans de nombreux pays, une pratique judicieuse consiste à glisser une pierre entre le rejet et la base du stipe afin de l’obliger à se développer en s’éloignant du pied mère.
  2. Leurs chapeaux compacts ont la surface inférieure lisse (non lamellée) et un stipe fin et vigoureux.

Synonyms

faux-troncstype

This word in other languages

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 "stipe"?
"stipe" is spelled S-T-I-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \stip\.
What does "stipe" mean?
As a noun, "stipe" means: Tige ligneuse des plantes monocotylédones arborescentes, des palmiers, des grandes fougères, etc. souvent nommé faux-tronc.
How do you pronounce "stipe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stipe" is \stip\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stipe" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list