lapin de Pâques
\la.pɛ̃ də pɑk\
The verdict
“lapin de Pâques” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personnage mythique distribuant des œufs (peints ou en chocolat) pour Pâques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lapin-de-paques · lapin de Pâques · French
lapin de Pâques · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 Pâques |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \la.pɛ̃ də pɑk\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lapin de Pâques » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lapin de Pâques is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \la.pɛ̃ də pɑk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personnage mythique distribuant des œufs (peints ou en chocolat) pour Pâques.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lapin de Pâques, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lapin de Pâques, spelled L-A-P-I-N- -D-E- -P-Â-Q-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Personnage mythique distribuant des œufs (peints ou en chocolat) pour Pâques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lapin de Pâques appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous apportons joie et rêve… Nous sommes le marchand de sable et la Fée des dents. Nous sommes le lapin de Pâques et le père Noël.
Le père Noël n’est pas le premier personnage à être déclaré service essentiel par le gouvernement Legault, la Fée des dents et le Lapin de Pâques bénéficiant également de ce titre.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.