scraper
\skʁa.pe\
The verdict
“scraper” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Briser ; abîmer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scraper · scraper · French
scraper · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | scraper |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \skʁa.pe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « scraper » en français
Rare enough to double-check
scraper is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \skʁa.pe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for scraper, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 scraper, spelled S-C-R-A-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1Briser ; abîmer.
- 2Extraire des données d’une page Web à l’aide d’un programme automatisé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how scraper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…], qui était soit recherché par la police... pour bris de probation... fait que là... je trouvais que j'étais beaucoup «spottée» par la police... surtout avec ce cave-là qui a scrappé mon char.
On l'avait réveillé pour lui dire que sa voiture était accidentée et aucune trace de son fils. Mon père avait eu peur, très peur et cette peur avait fait place à une panique sans nom qui s'était muée en colère, une colère sourde, de celles qui n'entendent ni ne disent. J'avais cru qu'il était en crisse juste parce que j’avais scrappé son char. C'était plu…
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.