jappement
\ʒap.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“jappement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit aboiement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jappement · jappement · French
jappement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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 | jappement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒap.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
jappement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒap.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jappement, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is jappement, spelled J-A-P-P-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Petit aboiement.
- 2Bavardages féminins, ponctués d’éclats de voix.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jappement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aussitôt libre, le chien s’était mis à fuir avec une vélocité incroyable en poussant ces jappements sourds et saccadés des limiers sur la voie.
Le bruit de cette chute souleva une tempête de jappements féroces parmi tous les dogues, mâtins et molosses qui faisaient ripaille à la ronde.
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.