attraper

\a.tʁa.pe\

/\a.tʁa.pe\/ verb

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The verdict

“attraper” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,527. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,527
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prendre à une trappe, à un piège ou à quelque chose de semblable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-attraper · attraper · French

attraper · rank #7,527 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,527
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH atteints

Nearest frequency peer: atteints (-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 « attraper »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « attraper » 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).

attraper vs attrape
88% similar
attraper vs attrapent
78% similar

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

Key facts for attraper
PropertyValue
Headwordattraper
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.tʁa.pe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,527
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « attraper »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.attraperse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « atteints » (#7,526), « audition » (#7,528), « assurant » (#7,525). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « attraper » est au #7,527. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around attraper (IPA \a.tʁa.pe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,527 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 17 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for attraper, with forms such as "atraper", "atrtaper", and "attarper". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "attrape", "attrapent", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is attraper, spelled A-T-T-R-A-P-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prendre à une trappe, à un piège ou à quelque chose de semblable.
  2. 2
    Prendre ; saisir.
  3. 3
    Prendre sur le fait ; surprendre.
  4. 4
    Surprendre artificieusement ou tromper avec malice.
  5. 5
    Faire éprouver un mécompte, une surprise désagréable.
  6. 6
    Atteindre en courant, en allant après, ou saisir au passage.
  7. 7
    Contracter une maladie, en être atteint.
  8. 8
    Recevoir un coup.
  9. 9
    Obtenir, se procurer quelque chose par ruse, par adresse, par quelque manœuvre.
  10. 10
    Prendre le meilleur, être favorisé par le sort dans une distribution, dans un partage.
  11. 11
    Saisir pour les exprimer, les rendre, les reproduire, en parlant des pensées ou des caractères, des ressemblances.
  12. 12
    Gronder ; gourmander ; agonir ; reprendre.
  13. 13
    Attacher, accrocher, en parlant de nourriture cuisant dans un ustensile de cuisine.
  14. 14
    Frapper, heurter.
  15. 15
    Se donner des atteintes en marchant.
  16. 16
    Tenir en main, garder en main.
  17. 17
    Entendre de loin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En Sologne, on attrape les alouettes à l'hameçon ; autre part, on les fusille au miroir.
  2. Le renard s’est enfin laissé attraper au piège.

This word in other languages

catch(English)langen(Deutsch)apanhar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atraper
  • atrtaper
  • attarper
  • attraepr
  • attraperr
  • attrapper
  • attrapre
  • attrpaer
  • attrraper
  • tatraper

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of attraper - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

atraper1atrtaper2attarper2attraepr2attraperr1attrapper1attrapre2attrpaer2
Edit distance from "attraper"

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 "attraper"?
"attraper" is spelled A-T-T-R-A-P-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tʁa.pe\.
What does "attraper" mean?
As a verb, "attraper" means: Prendre à une trappe, à un piège ou à quelque chose de semblable.
What words are commonly confused with "attraper"?
"attraper" is commonly confused with "attrape", "attrapent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "attraper"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attraper" is \a.tʁa.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "attraper" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

atteints#7,526audition#7,528assurant#7,525aisément#7,516

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

devriez10 variantstantôt10 variantsestimer10 variantsRaphaël10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list