tapinage
\ta.pi.naʒ\
The verdict
“tapinage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de tapiner, de faire le trottoir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tapinage · tapinage · French
tapinage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tapinage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.pi.naʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tapinage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tapinage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.pi.naʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de tapiner, de faire le trottoir.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tapinage, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tapinage, spelled T-A-P-I-N-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de tapiner, de faire le trottoir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tapinage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais on trouve dans ce pays des centaines de femmes qui, à leur arrivée d’Ouganda, d’Amérique latine ou d’Europe orientale ont vu leur promesse de mariage se transformer en tapinage sur les trottoirs.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.