sable à lapin
\sa.bl‿a la.pɛ̃\
The verdict
“sable à lapin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sable généralement argilo-calcaire plein d’impuretés et dont les grains sont friables ou trop fin ce qui le rend impropre à la préparation du béton et du mortier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sable-a-lapin · sable à lapin · French
sable à lapin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sable à lapin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.bl‿a la.pɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sable à lapin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.bl‿a la.pɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sable à lapin, 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sable à lapin, spelled S-A-B-L-E- -À- -L-A-P-I-N.
Definition
- 1Sable généralement argilo-calcaire plein d’impuretés et dont les grains sont friables ou trop fin ce qui le rend impropre à la préparation du béton et du mortier.
- 2Sable très fin, de granulométrie 0/1, utilisé pour poser des pavés ou remplir des tranchées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sable à lapin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sable fin un peu argileux, nommé, par les ouvriers, sable à lapin, avec un lit intercalé de galets par place.
Synonyms
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.