kappen
\ˈkapn̩\
The verdict
“kappen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couper.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kappen · kappen · French
kappen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | kappen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈkapn̩\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kappen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kappen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈkapn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for kappen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is kappen, spelled K-A-P-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1Couper.
- 2Tailler (une plante).
- 3Prendre, saisir, arrêter.
- 4Castrer (la volaille).
- 5Faire accoupler (la volaille).
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.