strapontin
\stʁa.pɔ̃.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“strapontin” is uncommon French (frequency #68,671 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,671
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Siège mobile, que l’on replie ou qui se relève automatiquement quand on n’en fait pas usage, et que l’on emploie dans les salles de spectacle, les salles de cours, dans les voitures ou dans les véh...
Corpus desk
Index FR-strapontin · strapontin · French
strapontin · rank #68,671 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,671
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH struggle
Nearest frequency peer: struggle (+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 « strapontin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sticky
sticky
31,333 corpus weight
- stoppa
stoppa
31,332 corpus weight
- strapontin
strapontin
31,330 corpus weight
- struggle
struggle
31,329 corpus weight
- Stéphanoise
Stéphanoise
31,328 corpus weight
- subjectivem…
subjectivement
31,327 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « strapontin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strapontin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \stʁa.pɔ̃.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #68,671 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « strapontin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
strapontin is uncommon French at frequency #68,671 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \stʁa.pɔ̃.tɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for strapontin in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is strapontin, spelled S-T-R-A-P-O-N-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1Siège mobile, que l’on replie ou qui se relève automatiquement quand on n’en fait pas usage, et que l’on emploie dans les salles de spectacle, les salles de cours, dans les voitures ou dans les véhicules de transport en commun.
- 2Rôle de second ordre au sein d’une organisation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how strapontin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour voir mourir l’enfant chrétienne Qu’on jette aux lions ce matin - tintin ! Tout Rome s’entasse aux arènes, Il n’y a plus un strapontin.
À défaut du plus modeste strapontin, Gunsbourg m’avait offert un escabeau derrière un portant.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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