kidnapper
\kid.na.pe\
The verdict
“kidnapper” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,836. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,836
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enlever une personne en vue de demander une rançon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kidnapper · kidnapper · French
kidnapper · rank #29,836 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #29,836
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH karting
Nearest frequency peer: karting (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « kidnapper »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- JFK
JFK
70,168 corpus weight
- Joconde
Joconde
70,167 corpus weight
- karting
karting
70,166 corpus weight
- kidnapper
kidnapper
70,165 corpus weight
- Kind
Kind
70,164 corpus weight
- koi
koi
70,163 corpus weight
What this shows « kidnapper » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kidnapper |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kid.na.pe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #29,836 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kidnapper »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around kidnapper (IPA \kid.na.pe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,836 among 737 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for kidnapper, with forms such as "ikdnapper", "kdinapper", and "kidanpper". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "kidnappée", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 kidnapper, spelled K-I-D-N-A-P-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1Enlever une personne en vue de demander une rançon.
- 2Soustraire ; subtiliser.
- 3Récupérer, détourner de ses intentions premières contre son gré ou à son insu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kidnapper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On se propose de kidnapper le gestapiste, de le jeter dans la malle arrière de sa voiture et de sortir rapidement de la ville, afin d'éviter des représailles sur Megève.
Eric Pliquet n’a plus revu son fils Adrian depuis le 28 novembre 2010. Ce jour-là, la mère de l’enfant, une Franco-Polonaise, a kidnappé le garçon. Kristina vivrait désormais en Pologne à une adresse inconnue, rapporte « Le Parisien ».
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ikdnapper
- kdinapper
- kidanpper
- kiddnapper
- kidnapepr
- kidnaper
- kidnapperr
- kidnappre
- kidnnapper
- kidnpaper
- kindapper
- kkidnapper
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kidnapper - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).