frappent
\fʁap\
The verdict
“frappent” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,628. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,628
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de frapper.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frappent · frappent · French
frappent · rank #16,628 · 11 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,628
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH forçant
Nearest frequency peer: forçant (-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 « frappent »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- forage
forage
83,376 corpus weight
- formateur
formateur
83,375 corpus weight
- forçant
forçant
83,374 corpus weight
- frappent
frappent
83,373 corpus weight
- fribourg
fribourg
83,372 corpus weight
- galette
galette
83,371 corpus weight
What this shows « frappent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frappent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fʁap\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,628 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frappent »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around frappent (IPA \fʁap\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,628 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 frappent, with forms such as "farppent", "ffrappent", and "frapent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is frappent, spelled F-R-A-P-P-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de frapper.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de frapper.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frappent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bien au-delà des dernières super-opérations militaro-sécuritaires qui sont déployées, depuis peu, en réaction aux attentats wahhabo-DIA-djihadistes en série qui frappent tous les territoires nationaux du G8 depuis mars 2004 (qui sont pour la plupart des attentats false flag visant à finlandiser puis à transatlantiser au forceps l’UE [dont, notamment, la c…
Moi, j’attends qu’ils frappent, et je saute dessus avant qu’ils aient eu le temps de se renrouler.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- farppent
- ffrappent
- frapent
- frapepnt
- frappennt
- frappentt
- frappetn
- frappnet
- frpapent
- frrappent
- rfappent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frappent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).