catapulte
\ka.ta.pylt\
The verdict
“catapulte” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,328. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,328
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Machine de guerre dont les anciens se servaient pour lancer des pierres ou des traits.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catapulte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ta.pylt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #43,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “catapulte” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around catapulte (IPA \ka.ta.pylt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,328 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is catapulte, spelled C-A-T-A-P-U-L-T-E.
Definition
- 1Machine de guerre dont les anciens se servaient pour lancer des pierres ou des traits.
- 2Appareil rappelant la forme de la catapulte et servant à lancer des objets divers.
- 3Engin 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of catapulte - 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.
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.
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Using “catapulte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-T-A-P-U-L-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.ta.pylt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.