lapin de gouttière
\la.pɛ̃ də ɡu.tjɛʁ\
The verdict
“lapin de gouttière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chat que l’on a cuisiné et servi en lieu et place de lapin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lapin-de-gouttiere · lapin de gouttière · French
lapin de gouttière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lapin de gouttière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \la.pɛ̃ də ɡu.tjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
lapin de gouttière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \la.pɛ̃ də ɡu.tjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chat que l’on a cuisiné et servi en lieu et place de lapin.".
lapin de gouttière doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is lapin de gouttière, spelled L-A-P-I-N- -D-E- -G-O-U-T-T-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Chat que l’on a cuisiné et servi en lieu et place de lapin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lapin de gouttière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rien ne s’oppose dès lors à ce que les Parisiens élèvent des lapins sur les toits, - il y a déjà longtemps que les restaurateurs de la barrière avaient découvert l’excellent parti qu’on pouvait tirer des lapins de gouttière.
Mais c’est aussi dans un dernier temps, quand il est trop tard, qu’on dépistera le lapin de gouttière, en comptant les os : treize côtes pour le chat, douze pour le lapin.
This word in other languages
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