taper

\ta.pe\

/\ta.pe\/ verb

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The verdict

“taper” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,571. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,571
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frapper du plat de la main, battre, donner un ou plusieurs coups.

Corpus desk

Index FR-taper · taper · French

taper · rank #3,571 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,571
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Suède

Nearest frequency peer: Suède (-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 « taper »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « taper » 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).

taper vs TPE
0% similar
taper vs type
60% similar
taper vs tuer
60% similar

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

Key facts for taper
PropertyValue
Headwordtaper
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ta.pe\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,571
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « taper »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).taperse 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 « Suède » (#3,570), « terrains » (#3,572), « SNCF » (#3,569). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « taper » est au #3,571. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around taper (IPA \ta.pe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,571 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 20 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for taper, with forms such as "atper", "taepr", and "taperr". 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, "TPE", "type", "tuer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is taper, spelled T-A-P-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Frapper du plat de la main, battre, donner un ou plusieurs coups.
  2. 2
    Frapper, cogner, toquer pour produire un bruit.
  3. 3
    Frapper trois coups pour annoncer le début du spectacle.
  4. 4
    Mal jouer de la musique en frappant sans nuance sur un instrument.
  5. 5
    Dactylographier, écrire à la machine ou à l'ordinateur, les doigts frappant le clavier.
  6. 6
    Jouer, le complément d’objet désignant des cartes (→ voir taper le carton) ou un jeu de cartes.
  7. 7
    Prendre.
  8. 8
    Se faire donner ou prêter de l'argent.
  9. 9
    Frapper, donner un ou plusieurs coups, rosser, heurter, cogner.
  10. 10
    En parlant du soleil, frapper par sa puissance ou sa luminosité.
  11. 11
    Frapper, atteindre.
  12. 12
    Monter à la tête, enivrer.
  13. 13
    Prendre au nez, à la gorge, puer.
  14. 14
    Manger, boire.
  15. 15
    Faire, être obligé, contraint de faire.
  16. 16
    Être atteint par, subir.
  17. 17
    Se faire, faire l’amour avec.
  18. 18
    Faire coup blanc, ne rien obtenir, faire des efforts en vain.
  19. 19
    Se branler, n’en avoir rien à foutre.
  20. 20
    Consommer de la drogue par le nez.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Taper un enfant.
  2. Si vous désobéissez, je vous taperai.

Synonyms

coincerse farcir

This word in other languages

hit(English)mecanografiar(Español)tippen(Deutsch)datilografar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atper
  • taepr
  • taperr
  • tapre
  • tpaer
  • ttaper

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of taper - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

atper2taepr2taperr1tapre2tpaer2ttaper1
Edit distance from "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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "taper"?
"taper" is spelled T-A-P-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.pe\.
What does "taper" mean?
As a verb, "taper" means: Frapper du plat de la main, battre, donner un ou plusieurs coups.
What words are commonly confused with "taper"?
"taper" is commonly confused with "TPE", "type", "tuer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "taper"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taper" is \ta.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taper" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Suède#3,570Sache#3,567verts#3,578êtres#3,583

Similar misspelling depth

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

gris6 variantsdates6 variantspaire6 variantsserez6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list