catapulte

/\ka.ta.pylt\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,328

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

catapulte is aFrenchnoun. It means: Machine de guerre dont les anciens se servaient pour lancer des pierres ou des traits. Pronounced \ka.ta.pylt\.

Key facts for catapulte
PropertyValue
Headwordcatapulte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ta.pylt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#43,328
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of catapulte in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for catapulte is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ta.pylt\. Corpus data places it at rank #43,328 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for catapulte, with forms such as "actapulte", "caatpulte", and "cataplute". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is catapulte, spelled C-A-T-A-P-U-L-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Machine de guerre dont les anciens se servaient pour lancer des pierres ou des traits.
  2. 2
    Appareil rappelant la forme de la catapulte et servant à lancer des objets divers.
  3. 3
    Engin qui sert à lancer un avion, à partir d’un porte-avions ou d’un autre navire.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: actapulte,caatpulte,cataplute,catappulte,catapulet,catapullte,catapultte,cataputle,catauplte,catpaulte,cattapulte,ccatapulte,ctaapulte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for catapulte

Misspelling Variants of "catapulte"

actapulte9caatpulte9cataplute9catappulte10catapulet9catapullte10catapultte10cataputle9
Misspelling Variants of "catapulte"

Frequency rank: #43,328 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "catapulte"?
"catapulte" is spelled C-A-T-A-P-U-L-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ta.pylt\.
What does "catapulte" mean?
As a noun, "catapulte" means: Machine de guerre dont les anciens se servaient pour lancer des pierres ou des traits.
What are common misspellings of "catapulte"?
Common misspellings include "actapulte", "caatpulte", "cataplute", "catappulte", "catapulet". The correct spelling is "catapulte".
How do you pronounce "catapulte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "catapulte" is \ka.ta.pylt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "catapulte" come from?
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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.