clapotement
\kla.pɔt.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“clapotement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agitation légère et irrégulière à la surface de l’eau, causée par l’interaction entre les vagues, la houle et tout ce qui émerge de l’eau.
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Index FR-clapotement · clapotement · French
clapotement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | clapotement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kla.pɔt.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
clapotement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kla.pɔt.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Agitation légère et irrégulière à la surface de l’eau, causée par l’interaction entre les vagues, la houle et tout ce qui émerge de l’eau.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for clapotement in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is clapotement, spelled C-L-A-P-O-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Agitation légère et irrégulière à la surface de l’eau, causée par l’interaction entre les vagues, la houle et tout ce qui émerge de l’eau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how clapotement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kyrie, eleïson, répéta la foule avec ce murmure qui court sur toutes les têtes comme le clapotement d’une mer agitée.
— Quel est ce bruit? — Rien, sans doute le clapotement des flots qui monte et descend une marche des escaliers de la Giudecca.
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.