tapé

\ta.pe\

/\ta.pe\/ adj

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The verdict

“tapé” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,956. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,956
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit particulièrement de certains fruits aplatis et séchés au four.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tape · tapé · French

tapé · rank #10,956 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,956
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH sécurisé

Nearest frequency peer: sécurisé (-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 « tapé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tapé » 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).

tapé vs te
25% similar
tapé vs TP
0% similar
tapé vs top
50% similar

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

Key facts for tapé
PropertyValue
Headwordtapé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ta.pe\
Letters4
Frequency rank#10,956
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tapé »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sécurisé » (#10,955), « tendue » (#10,957), « thèses » (#10,958). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tapé » est au #10,956. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around tapé (IPA \ta.pe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,956 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tapé, with forms such as "atpé", "tape", and "tappé". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "te", "TP", "top", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tapé, spelled T-A-P-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dit particulièrement de certains fruits aplatis et séchés au four.
  2. 2
    Frappé, toqué, dingue.
  3. 3
    Bien envoyé, réussi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des épiceries où s’entassaient, séparés par des cloisons de verre, des amas de pommes tapées, aux pelures froncées et couleur d’amadou.
  2. Des poires tapées.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atpé
  • tape
  • tappé
  • taép
  • tpaé
  • ttapé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tapé - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

atpé2tape1tappé1taép2tpaé2ttapé1
Edit distance from "tapé"

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 "tapé"?
"tapé" is spelled T-A-P-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.pe\.
What does "tapé" mean?
As an adjective, "tapé" means: Se dit particulièrement de certains fruits aplatis et séchés au four.
What words are commonly confused with "tapé"?
"tapé" is commonly confused with "te", "TP", "top". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tapé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tapé" is \ta.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tapé" come from?
"tapé" 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 "tapé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

when#10,973wild#10,974rein#10,931alla#10,986

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

voeux6 variantspins6 variantsfanny6 variantsidole6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list