frappant

\fʁa.pɑ̃\

/\fʁa.pɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“frappant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,580. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,580
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui fait une impression vive sur les sens, sur l’esprit, sur l’âme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frappant · frappant · French

frappant · rank #12,580 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,580
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fraises

Nearest frequency peer: fraises (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « frappant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « frappant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

frappant vs frappent
88% similar
frappant vs frappante
89% similar
frappant vs frappa
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for frappant
PropertyValue
Headwordfrappant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fʁa.pɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,580
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frappant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.frappantse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fraises » (#12,579), « frustrant » (#12,581), « fourniture » (#12,578). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frappant » est au #12,580. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around frappant (IPA \fʁa.pɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,580 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for frappant, with forms such as "farppant", "ffrappant", and "frapant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "frappent", "frappante", "frappa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 frappant, spelled F-R-A-P-P-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui fait une impression vive sur les sens, sur l’esprit, sur l’âme.
  2. 2
    Qui est évident.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Épictète, l’esclave devenu philosophe, est l’une des figures les plus frappantes de l’Antiquité.
  2. Les interrogatoires vont bon train. […]. Les arguments frappants sont de rigueur.

This word in other languages

striking(English)impactante(Español)impressionante(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • farppant
  • ffrappant
  • frapant
  • frapapnt
  • frappannt
  • frappantt
  • frappatn
  • frappnat
  • frpapant
  • frrappant
  • rfappant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frappant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

farppant2ffrappant1frapant1frapapnt2frappannt1frappantt1frappatn2frappnat2
Edit distance from "frappant"

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 "frappant"?
"frappant" is spelled F-R-A-P-P-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁa.pɑ̃\.
What does "frappant" mean?
As an adjective, "frappant" means: Qui fait une impression vive sur les sens, sur l’esprit, sur l’âme.
What words are commonly confused with "frappant"?
"frappant" is commonly confused with "frappent", "frappante", "frappa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frappant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frappant" is \fʁa.pɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frappant" come from?
"frappant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gothique#12,585flagrant#12,573fermiers#12,570fasciste#12,568

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

formats11 variantsflamand11 variantsfiltres11 variantsfermeté11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list