scapin

\ska.pɛ̃\

/\ska.pɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“scapin” is uncommon French (frequency #64,774 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,774
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personnage de la comédie italienne transporté sur la scène française.

Corpus desk

Index FR-scapin · scapin · French

scapin · rank #64,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,774
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH SCC

Nearest frequency peer: SCC (+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 « scapin »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « scapin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for scapin
PropertyValue
Headwordscapin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ska.pɛ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,774
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « scapin » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.scapintombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « SCC » (#64,775), « Sayed » (#64,772), « scheme » (#64,776). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « scapin » est au #64,774. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

scapin is uncommon French at frequency #64,774 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ska.pɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for scapin in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is scapin, spelled S-C-A-P-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personnage de la comédie italienne transporté sur la scène française.
  2. 2
    Fourbe, intrigant impudent et de bas étage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how scapin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. C’est un scapin.
  2. Un tour de scapin.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "scapin"?
"scapin" is spelled S-C-A-P-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ska.pɛ̃\.
What does "scapin" mean?
As a noun, "scapin" means: Personnage de la comédie italienne transporté sur la scène française.
How do you pronounce "scapin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "scapin" is \ska.pɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "scapin" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "scapin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

scheme#64,776saputo#64,769santis#64,768Sigrid#64,783

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list