apeurant
\a.pœ.ʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“apeurant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui apeure, effrayant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-apeurant · apeurant · French
apeurant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | apeurant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.pœ.ʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « apeurant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
apeurant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.pœ.ʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui apeure, effrayant.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for apeurant, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is apeurant, spelled A-P-E-U-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui apeure, effrayant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apeurant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais rien dans la nuit ne semblait vivre que la mer furieuse, bavant sa colère sur la falaise, avec un bruit de malédictions apeurantes.
La nuit, sans lune et sans étoiles, pesait, lourde comme un suaire sur l'étendue apeurante et muette.
Synonyms
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.