sacripant
\sa.kʁi.pɑ̃\
The verdict
“sacripant” 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) - Mauvais garnement, mauvais sujet capable de mauvais coups, de violences.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sacripant · sacripant · French
sacripant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | sacripant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.kʁi.pɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sacripant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.kʁi.pɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for sacripant in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sacripant, spelled S-A-C-R-I-P-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Mauvais garnement, mauvais sujet capable de mauvais coups, de violences.
- 2Utilisé affectueusement pour dire que quelqu'un est malicieux, espiègle. → voir chenapan, coquin et garnement
- 3Qualifie une personne dont la compagnie est peu recommandable.
- 4Faux brave. → voir rodomont
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sacripant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il comprit enfin que le monde est, en majeure partie, composé de sacripants et d’imbéciles.
Il … avait des moyens et de l'éducation dont il ne se servait que fort rarement, car par un travers d'esprit alors assez commun, il se complaisait à prendre des airs de sacripant, toujours jurant, sacrant et ne parlant que de pourfendre les gens avec son grand sabre.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.