napperon
\na.pʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“napperon” is uncommon French (frequency #96,166 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,166
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite nappe, généralement ornée de broderie ou de dentelle, dont on garnit le milieu de la table, un plateau à thé, à liqueurs, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-napperon · napperon · French
napperon · rank #96,166 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,166
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nanna
Nearest frequency peer: nanna (-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 « napperon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- naissaient
naissaient
3,838 corpus weight
- named
named
3,837 corpus weight
- nanna
nanna
3,836 corpus weight
- napperon
napperon
3,835 corpus weight
- nasaux
nasaux
3,834 corpus weight
- natty
natty
3,833 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « napperon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | napperon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \na.pʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,166 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « napperon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
napperon is uncommon French at frequency #96,166 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \na.pʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for napperon in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is napperon, spelled N-A-P-P-E-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Petite nappe, généralement ornée de broderie ou de dentelle, dont on garnit le milieu de la table, un plateau à thé, à liqueurs, etc.
- 2Mince nappe, généralement rectangulaire et faite de tissu ou de plastique, habituellement utilisée sur une table à manger, principalement pour la protéger des ustensiles et des aliments déposés dessus.
- 3Document succinct résumant l'état d'un projet à l'intention des décideurs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how napperon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout y sent la pauvreté et la tristesse : les napperons de l’autel élimés et troués qu’on sort ce jour-là des tiroirs de la sacristie, les flambeaux de bois dédoré, rongé des vers.
De la nappe, passons au napperon, comme celui brodé main qui trônait sur le guéridon de grand-maman.
Synonyms
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); 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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