knapp
\ˈknap\
The verdict
“knapp” is uncommon French (frequency #63,875 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,875
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Juste, étroit(e), serré(e).
Corpus desk
Index FR-knapp · knapp · French
knapp · rank #63,875 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,875
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kinés
Nearest frequency peer: kinés (-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 « knapp »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- jumelés
jumelés
36,129 corpus weight
- keynésienne
keynésienne
36,128 corpus weight
- kinés
kinés
36,127 corpus weight
- knapp
knapp
36,126 corpus weight
- laminer
laminer
36,125 corpus weight
- Langon
Langon
36,124 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « knapp » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | knapp |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈknap\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « knapp » en français
Rare enough to double-check
knapp is uncommon French at frequency #63,875 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈknap\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for knapp in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 knapp, spelled K-N-A-P-P.
Definition
- 1Juste, étroit(e), serré(e).
- 2Court, un peu moins que.
- 3Rare, juste suffisant(e), maigre.
- 4Concis, succinct(e).
- 5Mesquin(e), maigre.
- 6Petit, qui ne couvre que peu, caractérise des vêtements.
- 7Rare, à disponibilité limitée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how knapp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das war zwar knapp, aber wir haben den Zug nicht verpasst.
Umfragen hatten zwar ein knappes Ergebnis vorausgesagt oder auch die Ablehnung der Verfassung. Aber ein so eindeutiges Ergebnis war eine Überraschung.
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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