snipe

\snajp\

/\snajp\/ verb

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The verdict

“snipe” is uncommon French (frequency #90,201 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,201
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe sniper.

Corpus desk

Index FR-snipe · snipe · French

snipe · rank #90,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,201
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH socratique

Nearest frequency peer: socratique (+2 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 « snipe »

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 « snipe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for snipe
PropertyValue
Headwordsnipe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\snajp\
Letters5
Frequency rank#90,201
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « snipe » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.snipetombe 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: « socratique » (#90,203), « sling » (#90,198), « solari » (#90,204). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « snipe » est au #90,201. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

snipe is uncommon French at frequency #90,201 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \snajp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for snipe, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is snipe, spelled S-N-I-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe sniper.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe sniper.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe sniper.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe sniper.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe sniper.

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 "snipe"?
"snipe" is spelled S-N-I-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \snajp\.
What does "snipe" mean?
As a verb, "snipe" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe sniper.
How do you pronounce "snipe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "snipe" is \snajp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "snipe" come from?
"snipe" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sling#90,198solda#90,205stolz#90,220saris#90,174

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list