clapier

\kla.pje\

/\kla.pje\/ noun

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The verdict

“clapier” is uncommon French (frequency #62,861 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,861
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Éboulis, pierrier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clapier · clapier · French

clapier · rank #62,861 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,861
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH claims

Nearest frequency peer: claims (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « clapier »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « clapier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for clapier
PropertyValue
Headwordclapier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kla.pje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#62,861
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « clapier » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).clapiertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « claims » (#62,860), « claquage » (#62,862), « cistercienne » (#62,859). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clapier » est au #62,861. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

clapier is uncommon French at frequency #62,861 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kla.pje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for clapier in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is clapier, spelled C-L-A-P-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Éboulis, pierrier.
  2. 2
    Murger, tas de pierres constitué suite à l’épierrage d’un champ ou d’un jardin, sans mortier.
  3. 3
    Terrain clos de murailles où l’on élève des lapins.
  4. 4
    Cabane où l’on élève des lapins domestiques.
  5. 5
    Taudis, lieu où sont entassés les gens dans des conditions misérables.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour la plupart, je les ai trouvés dans des clapiers. Des éboulis au pied de ces parois vertigineuses quand tu marches en montagne.
  2. CLAPIER, s. m. (Œcon. rust. & Chasse.) c’est un terrain clos de muraille, partie couvert, partie découvert, & bien maçonné, où l’on enferme & nourrit des lapins. On le place dans un coin de la garenne, pour que les jeunes lapins puissent aller du clapier dans la garenne […] car c’est à repeupler les garennes, que les clapiers sont principalement destinés.…

Synonyms

éboulispierriercage à lapins

This word in other languages

hutch(English)conejera(Español)Kaninchenstall(Deutsch)

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 "clapier"?
"clapier" is spelled C-L-A-P-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kla.pje\.
What does "clapier" mean?
As a noun, "clapier" means: Éboulis, pierrier.
How do you pronounce "clapier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clapier" is \kla.pje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list