tapais
\ta.pɛ\
The verdict
“tapais” is uncommon French (frequency #54,289 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,289
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de taper.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tapais · tapais · French
tapais · rank #54,289 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,289
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 164,488
- PHOTO-FINISH sémiologie
Nearest frequency peer: sémiologie (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tapais”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- survis
survis
45,715 corpus weight
- sélectivité
sélectivité
45,714 corpus weight
- sémiologie
sémiologie
45,713 corpus weight
- tapais
tapais
45,712 corpus weight
- tchadienne
tchadienne
45,711 corpus weight
- teinturier
teinturier
45,710 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tapais” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tapais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ta.pɛ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tapais” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tapais is uncommon French at frequency #54,289 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ta.pɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tapais, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tapais, spelled T-A-P-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de taper.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de taper.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tapais", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.