fermer son clapet
\fɛʁ.me sɔ̃ kla.pɛ\
The verdict
“fermer son clapet” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se taire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fermer son clapet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ.me sɔ̃ kla.pɛ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fermer son clapet” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fermer son clapet is 17 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛʁ.me sɔ̃ kla.pɛ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Se taire.".
Zero misspellings are on record for fermer son clapet in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fermer son clapet, spelled F-E-R-M-E-R- -S-O-N- -C-L-A-P-E-T.
Definition
- 1Se taire.
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.
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Using “fermer son clapet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-E-R-M-E-R- -S-O-N- -C-L-A-P-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛʁ.me sɔ̃ kla.pɛ\ (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.