tapez

\ta.pe\

/\ta.pe\/ verb

The verdict

“tapez” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,696. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,696
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de taper.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tapez · tapez · French

tapez · rank #19,696 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,696
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH sénatrice

Nearest frequency peer: sénatrice (-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 « tapez »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tapez » 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).

tapez vs TPE
0% similar
tapez vs type
60% similar
tapez vs taxe
60% similar

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

Key facts for tapez
PropertyValue
Headwordtapez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ta.pe\
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,696
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tapez »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tapezse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sénatrice » (#19,695), « Tapisserie » (#19,697), « superstar » (#19,694). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tapez » est au #19,696. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tapez (IPA \ta.pe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,696 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tapez, with forms such as "atpez", "taepz", and "tapezz". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TPE", "type", "taxe", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tapez, spelled T-A-P-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de taper.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de taper.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pour bénéficier du remboursement de la carte Imagine’R ou Vélib’, rendez-vous sur le site de la Mairie de Paris et tapez remboursement pour accéder à l’article contenant les formulaires.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atpez
  • taepz
  • tapezz
  • tappez
  • tapze
  • tpaez
  • ttapez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tapez - 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.

atpez2taepz2tapezz1tappez1tapze2tpaez2ttapez1
Edit distance from "tapez"

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 "tapez"?
"tapez" is spelled T-A-P-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.pe\.
What does "tapez" mean?
As a verb, "tapez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de taper.
What words are commonly confused with "tapez"?
"tapez" is commonly confused with "TPE", "type", "taxe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tapez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tapez" is \ta.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tapez" come from?
"tapez" 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 "tapez", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list