quimpette
\kɛ̃.pɛt\
The verdict
“quimpette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Casquette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quimpette · quimpette · French
quimpette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" 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 | quimpette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɛ̃.pɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quimpette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quimpette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɛ̃.pɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Casquette.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for quimpette, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 quimpette, spelled Q-U-I-M-P-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Casquette.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quimpette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’ivrogne du pays, qui s’est rapproché, affirme sous la visière de sa quimpette de marinier que les femmes sérieuses n’existent pas.
Le redoublement consonantique est très usuel en Italie, au point que je ne crois pas que je doive mettre un astérisque à vvada nullement plus surprenant que des quimpette (gapette, casquette), jinjin (jaja, vin), quimper (camper, tomber) et bien d’autres prononcés populaires français ….
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.