tapait

\ta.pɛ\

/\ta.pɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“tapait” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,562. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,562
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de taper.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tapait · tapait · French

tapait · rank #29,562 · 8 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,562
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tangibles

Nearest frequency peer: tangibles (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « tapait »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « tapait » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

tapait vs tapis
67% similar
tapait vs trait
67% similar
tapait vs tapie
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for tapait
PropertyValue
Headwordtapait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ta.pɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,562
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tapait »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tapaitse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tangibles » (#29,561), « tarot » (#29,563), « taser » (#29,564). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tapait » est au #29,562. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around tapait (IPA \ta.pɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,562 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de taper.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tapait, with forms such as "atpait", "taapit", and "tapaitt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "tapis", "trait", "tapie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tapait, spelled T-A-P-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de taper.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il avait des gluaux perfectionnés pour les alouettes et les cailles, il tapait à coup de pierres dans les épaisses nuées de sansonnets, que semblent apporter les grands vents d’automne.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atpait
  • taapit
  • tapaitt
  • tapati
  • tapiat
  • tappait
  • tpaait
  • ttapait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tapait - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

atpait2taapit2tapaitt1tapati2tapiat2tappait1tpaait2ttapait1
Edit distance from "tapait"

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 "tapait"?
"tapait" is spelled T-A-P-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.pɛ\.
What does "tapait" mean?
As a verb, "tapait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de taper.
What words are commonly confused with "tapait"?
"tapait" is commonly confused with "tapis", "trait", "tapie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tapait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tapait" is \ta.pɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tapait" come from?
"tapait" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list