glapissement
\ɡla.pis.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“glapissement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cri aigu que fait entendre un animal qui glapit, notamment le renard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-glapissement · glapissement · French
glapissement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | glapissement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡla.pis.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
glapissement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡla.pis.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for glapissement in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is glapissement, spelled G-L-A-P-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Cri aigu que fait entendre un animal qui glapit, notamment le renard.
- 2Cri humain de même tonalité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how glapissement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le rugissement des lions, le hennissement des chevaux, le braiement des ânes, le bêlement des béliers, le mugissement des taureaux, le grognement des cochons, des sangliers et des verrats, le raîment des cerfs, la voix grêle des gazelles, le murmure amoureux des rongeurs, les cris inarticulés des singes, les hautes clameurs des alouettes, le triste hurlem…
[…], je passe une nuit excellente dans mon lit de camp, et mon long sommeil réparateur n’est interrompu que pendant quelques instants par des aboiements furibonds répondant aux glapissements lointains d’un chacal.
This word in other languages
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.