frapper

\fʁa.pe\

/\fʁa.pe\/ verb

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The verdict

“frapper” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,757. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,757
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donner un ou plusieurs coups à quelqu’un, à quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frapper · frapper · French

frapper · rank #3,757 · 9 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,757
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH feux

Nearest frequency peer: feux (-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 « frapper »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « frapper » 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).

frapper vs fraser
71% similar
frapper vs frayer
71% similar
frapper vs frappes
86% similar

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

Key facts for frapper
PropertyValue
Headwordfrapper
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fʁa.pe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,757
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frapper »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « feux » (#3,756), « gardes » (#3,758), « esprits » (#3,755). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frapper » est au #3,757. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around frapper (IPA \fʁa.pe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,757 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for frapper, with forms such as "farpper", "ffrapper", and "frapepr". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "fraser", "frayer", "frappes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is frapper, spelled F-R-A-P-P-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Donner un ou plusieurs coups à quelqu’un, à quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Donner des coups à une porte pour signaler sa présence et se faire ouvrir.
  3. 3
    Donner une empreinte à quelque chose, au moyen d’une matrice ou autrement.
  4. 4
    Battre de la monnaie physique, des espèces.
  5. 5
    Se diriger vers, tomber sur, en parlant de la lumière
  6. 6
    Faire de l’impression sur les sens, sur l’esprit, sur l’âme.
  7. 7
    Faire périr, exterminer, ou affliger par quelque grand malheur, par une calamité.
  8. 8
    Être établi, assigné sur.
  9. 9
    Rafraîchir ; rendre extrêmement frais par le moyen de la glace.
  10. 10
    Se donner des coups à soi-même.
  11. 11
    Avoir des pensées négatives, se faire du souci.
  12. 12
    Fixer, attacher avec un nœud.
  13. 13
    Escroquer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le visage de Félicité s’empourpra d’une joie chaude. Elle se mit sur son séant, frappant comme une enfant dans ses mains sèches de petite vieille.
  2. Dans les premiers âges historiques, on ne voit pas seulement les maîtres frapper et fouetter leurs esclaves ; les rois eux-mêmes administrent le supplice de la bastonnade.

Synonyms

tapercognerheurterpercutertoquertambourinervarger

This word in other languages

strike(English)golpear(Español)schlagen(Deutsch)bater(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • farpper
  • ffrapper
  • frapepr
  • fraper
  • frapperr
  • frappre
  • frpaper
  • frrapper
  • rfapper

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frapper - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

farpper2ffrapper1frapepr2fraper1frapperr1frappre2frpaper2frrapper1
Edit distance from "frapper"

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 "frapper"?
"frapper" is spelled F-R-A-P-P-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁa.pe\.
What does "frapper" mean?
As a verb, "frapper" means: Donner un ou plusieurs coups à quelqu’un, à quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "frapper"?
"frapper" is commonly confused with "fraser", "frayer", "frappes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frapper"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frapper" is \fʁa.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frapper" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

esprits#3,755croyais#3,747limitée#3,772choisis#3,741

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

gardes9 variantsarrivés9 variantsparlez9 variantsprière9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list