mapou
\ma.pu\
The verdict
“mapou” is uncommon French (frequency #78,618 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,618
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouatier, kapokier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mapou · mapou · French
mapou · rank #78,618 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,618
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH manse
Nearest frequency peer: manse (-1 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « mapou »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mamelle
mamelle
21,386 corpus weight
- manse
manse
21,384 corpus weight
- mapou
mapou
21,383 corpus weight
- Marciano
Marciano
21,382 corpus weight
- margin
margin
21,380 corpus weight
- Marilyne
Marilyne
21,379 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mapou » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mapou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.pu\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #78,618 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mapou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mapou is uncommon French at frequency #78,618 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.pu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ouatier, kapokier.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mapou, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mapou, spelled M-A-P-O-U.
Definition
- 1Ouatier, kapokier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mapou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Léonida, assise devant sa table, ses doigts crochus posés sur la feuille, ses yeux révulsés, en train d’écrire, le vent de la mer devait pousser sur les volets clos, le vent qui sifflait dans les branches du mapou, le vent qui fracassait le navire hollandais sur les roches noires de Maurice, les monticules de pierres qui marquaient le lieu du trésor maudit.
Par ailleurs, qu’il s’agisse du manguier, du calebassier, du palmier, du cirouellier, de l’avocatier et surtout du mapou, les arbres possèdent une symbolique forte dans le vaudou.
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.
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