Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kips

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: kips
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of kip

name

noun

Abbreviation of thousand instructions per second.

Etymology

k- (“kilo-, 1000x”) + IPS

Word Breakdown

Prefix: k

Frequently Paired Words

MIPS

Questions

What does kips mean?: plural of kip
Where does kips come from?: k- (“kilo-, 1000x”) + IPS

How to pronounce kips

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