lapineau
\la.pi.no\
The verdict
“lapineau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de lapereau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lapineau · lapineau · French
lapineau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | lapineau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \la.pi.no\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
lapineau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \la.pi.no\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de lapereau.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lapineau, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lapineau, spelled L-A-P-I-N-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Variante de lapereau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lapineau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il éclata de rire lorsque le petit loup revint avec un lapineau dans la gueule.
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.