lapider
\la.pi.de\
The verdict
“lapider” is uncommon French (frequency #60,154 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,154
- frequency rank, French
- 128,088
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tuer à coups de pierres, supplice qui était en usage en Orient.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lapider · lapider · French
lapider · rank #60,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,154
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 128,088
- PHOTO-FINISH landscape
Nearest frequency peer: landscape (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lapider”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lahm
lahm
39,851 corpus weight
- landscape
landscape
39,849 corpus weight
- lapider
lapider
39,847 corpus weight
- lazaret
lazaret
39,845 corpus weight
- legos
legos
39,844 corpus weight
- lesbian
lesbian
39,843 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lapider” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lapider |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \la.pi.de\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lapider” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lapider is uncommon French at frequency #60,154 among 128,088 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \la.pi.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
lapider doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 lapider, spelled L-A-P-I-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tuer à coups de pierres, supplice qui était en usage en Orient.
- 2Attaquer, poursuivre à coups de pierres.
- 3Se déchaîner contre quelqu’un, à plusieurs personnes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lapider appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
N'avez-vous pas entendu dire qu'il y avait un homme nommé Saul qui gardait les manteaux de ceux qui lapidaient saint Etienne?
et les cailloux manqueront pour lapider l’adultère !
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.