frappent

/\fʁap\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,628

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

frappent is aFrenchverb. It means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de frapper. Pronounced \fʁap\. Often confused with frapper and frappes.

Key facts for frappent
PropertyValue
Headwordfrappent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fʁap\
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,628
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of frappent in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for frappent is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fʁap\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,628 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for frappent, with forms such as "farppent", "ffrappent", and "frapent". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "frapper", "frappes", "frappez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is frappent, spelled F-R-A-P-P-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de frapper.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de frapper.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: farppent,ffrappent,frapent,frapepnt,frappennt,frappentt,frappetn,frappnet,frpapent,frrappent,rfappent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for frappent

Misspelling Variants of "frappent"

farppent8ffrappent9frapent7frapepnt8frappennt9frappentt9frappetn8frappnet8
Misspelling Variants of "frappent"

Frequency rank: #16,628 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "frappent"?
"frappent" is spelled F-R-A-P-P-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁap\.
What does "frappent" mean?
As a verb, "frappent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de frapper.
What words are commonly confused with "frappent"?
"frappent" is commonly confused with "frapper", "frappes", "frappez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frappent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frappent" is \fʁap\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frappent" come from?
"frappent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.