copycat
\ko.pi.kat\
The verdict
“copycat” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tueur imitant le modus operandi d'un serial killer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-copycat · copycat · French
copycat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | copycat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ko.pi.kat\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « copycat » en français
Rare enough to double-check
copycat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ko.pi.kat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tueur imitant le modus operandi d'un serial killer.".
copycat has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is copycat, spelled C-O-P-Y-C-A-T.
Definition
- 1Tueur imitant le modus operandi d'un serial killer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how copycat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un copycat, c’est ça ? On en voit tous les soirs dans les séries télé, mais, en quinze ans de métier, je n’en ai jamais croisé. Ça n’existe pas dans la réalité.
Guillaume Chambaraud était un copycat qui avait reproduit les crimes d’un serial killer des années 1960, Nicolas Thomas, retrouvé assassiné peu de temps après sa mise en liberté conditionnelle.
This word in other languages
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.