lapin

/\la.pɛ̃\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,577

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lapin is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petit mammifère lagomorphe caractérisé par de longues oreilles (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Pronounced \la.pɛ̃\. It ranks #5,577 in French word frequency. Often confused with lin and loin.

Key facts for lapin
PropertyValue
Headwordlapin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\la.pɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,577
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lapin in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lapin is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \la.pɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,577 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for lapin, with forms such as "laipn", "lapinn", and "lapni". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lin", "loin", "laps", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is lapin, spelled L-A-P-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit mammifère lagomorphe caractérisé par de longues oreilles (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
  2. 2
    Individu mâle de cette espèce ; la femelle est la lapine et son petit le lapereau.
  3. 3
    Viande de lapin.
  4. 4
    Fourrure de lapin.
  5. 5
    Nom hypocoristique donné à sa ou son partenaire ou à un enfant.
  6. 6
    Homme très porté sur le sexe.
  7. 7
    Personne qui a beaucoup d’enfants.
  8. 8
    Rendez-vous non respecté par une personne.
  9. 9
    fondeur, élève en cours de fonderie (voir lapinerie)
  10. 10
    Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Il est généralement représenté de profil et accroupi. À rapprocher de bièvre, castor, connil, écureuil et lièvre.
  11. 11
    Soldat, homme.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: laipn,lapinn,lapni,lappin,llapin,lpain

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lapin

Misspelling Variants of "lapin"

laipn5lapinn6lapni5lappin6llapin6lpain5
Misspelling Variants of "lapin"

Frequency rank: #5,577 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lapin"?
"lapin" is spelled L-A-P-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \la.pɛ̃\.
What does "lapin" mean?
As a noun, "lapin" means: Petit mammifère lagomorphe caractérisé par de longues oreilles (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
What words are commonly confused with "lapin"?
"lapin" is commonly confused with "lin", "loin", "laps". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lapin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lapin" is \la.pɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lapin" come from?
"lapin" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.