kidnappe

\kid.nap\

/\kid.nap\/ verb

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The verdict

“kidnappe” is uncommon French (frequency #51,563 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,563
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de kidnapper.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kidnappe · kidnappe · French

kidnappe · rank #51,563 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,563
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Junon

Nearest frequency peer: Junon (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « kidnappe »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kidnappe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kidnappe
PropertyValue
Headwordkidnappe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kid.nap\
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,563
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « kidnappe » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).kidnappetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Junon » (#51,562), « Kimmel » (#51,564), « jugeront » (#51,561). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kidnappe » est au #51,563. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kidnappe is uncommon French at frequency #51,563 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kid.nap\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for kidnappe in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is kidnappe, spelled K-I-D-N-A-P-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de kidnapper.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de kidnapper.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de kidnapper.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de kidnapper.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de kidnapper.

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 "kidnappe"?
"kidnappe" is spelled K-I-D-N-A-P-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kid.nap\.
What does "kidnappe" mean?
As a verb, "kidnappe" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de kidnapper.
How do you pronounce "kidnappe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kidnappe" is \kid.nap\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kidnappe" come from?
"kidnappe" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

jugeront#51,561klaxonne#51,565jardiner#51,558inventez#51,551

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list