frapper un ennemi à terre
\fʁa.pe ɛ̃.n‿ɛn.mi a tɛʁ\
The verdict
“frapper un ennemi à terre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abuser de son avantage contre un homme déjà vaincu et hors de défense, ou qui ne se défend plus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frapper-un-ennemi-a-terr · frapper un ennemi à terre · French
frapper un ennemi à terre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 25 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frapper un ennemi à terre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fʁa.pe ɛ̃.n‿ɛn.mi a tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « frapper un ennemi à terre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
frapper un ennemi à terre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fʁa.pe ɛ̃.n‿ɛn.mi a tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abuser de son avantage contre un homme déjà vaincu et hors de défense, ou qui ne se défend plus.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for frapper un ennemi à terre, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 un ennemi à terre, spelled F-R-A-P-P-E-R- -U-N- -E-N-N-E-M-I- -À- -T-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Abuser de son avantage contre un homme déjà vaincu et hors de défense, ou qui ne se défend plus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how frapper un ennemi à terre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Son divorce lui pèse déjà, ne lui annonce pas tout de suite la mauvaise nouvelle : on ne frappe pas un ennemi à terre.
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.