râper
\ʁɑ.pe\
The verdict
“râper” is uncommon French (frequency #88,054 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,054
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réduire en petits morceaux avec une râpe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-raper · râper · French
râper · rank #88,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,054
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH Réau
Nearest frequency peer: Réau (+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 « râper »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ruisseler
ruisseler
11,949 corpus weight
- râper
râper
11,947 corpus weight
- Réau
Réau
11,946 corpus weight
- récapitulat…
récapitulatifs
11,945 corpus weight
- réfléchirait
réfléchirait
11,944 corpus weight
- réimpressio…
réimpressions
11,943 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « râper » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | râper |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɑ.pe\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,054 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « râper » en français
Rare enough to double-check
râper is uncommon French at frequency #88,054 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɑ.pe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
râper has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is râper, spelled R-Â-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1Réduire en petits morceaux avec une râpe.
- 2User la surface d’un corps avec l’espèce de lime appelée râpe, pour dégrossir cette surface, pour lui donner la forme qu’on veut.
- 3Donner une sensation d’âpreté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how râper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Râper le cheddar, réserver.
Râper un morceau de bois avant de le polir.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).