clipper
\kli.pe\
The verdict
“clipper” is uncommon French (frequency #51,963 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,963
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fixer par un clip.
Corpus desk
Index FR-clipper · clipper · French
clipper · rank #51,963 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,963
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH CLI
Nearest frequency peer: CLI (-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 « clipper »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Châteauguay
Châteauguay
48,041 corpus weight
- ciments
ciments
48,040 corpus weight
- CLI
CLI
48,039 corpus weight
- clipper
clipper
48,038 corpus weight
- cloués
cloués
48,037 corpus weight
- codée
codée
48,036 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « clipper » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clipper |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kli.pe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,963 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « clipper » en français
Rare enough to double-check
clipper is uncommon French at frequency #51,963 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kli.pe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for clipper, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is clipper, spelled C-L-I-P-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1Fixer par un clip.
- 2Fixer par un clip.
- 3Couper une aile de la reine, pour éviter qu’elle s’en aille.
- 4Tourner un clip vidéo afin de promouvoir une chanson.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how clipper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour clipper (on dit également rogner ou écourter) une reine, il faut la maintenir fermement par le thorax entre le pouce et l'index, et couper une seule des ailes à la moitié de sa longueur, avec une paire de petits ciseaux bien aiguisés.
Il y a 20 ans, clipper un titre était l’occasion d’aller chercher un passage en télé, et donc d’exploser en termes de visibilité.
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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