tapis

\ta.pi\

/\ta.pi\/ noun

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The verdict

“tapis” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,026. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,026
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce d’étoffe, tissu de laine, de soie, etc., dont on couvre une table, une estrade, le parquet d’une chambre, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tapis · tapis · French

tapis · rank #4,026 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,026
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH sénateur

Nearest frequency peer: sénateur (-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 « tapis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tapis » 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).

tapis vs tas
60% similar
tapis vs TPS
0% similar
tapis vs taxi
60% similar

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

Key facts for tapis
PropertyValue
Headwordtapis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ta.pi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,026
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tapis »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tapisse 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 « sénateur » (#4,025), « subi » (#4,024), « traités » (#4,028). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tapis » est au #4,026. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tapis (IPA \ta.pi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,026 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tapis, with forms such as "atpis", "taips", and "tapiss". 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, "tas", "TPS", "taxi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tapis, spelled T-A-P-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce d’étoffe, tissu de laine, de soie, etc., dont on couvre une table, une estrade, le parquet d’une chambre, etc.
  2. 2
    Sorte de drap vert qui est fortement tendu sur la table d’un billard.
  3. 3
    Sujet de conversation, de débat.
  4. 4
    Sol.
  5. 5
    Ce qui recouvre le sol à la manière d’un tapis.
  6. 6
    L’ensemble des jetons que possède un joueur. En interjection, il signifie « faire tapis ».
  7. 7
    Fond sonore qui accompagne les interventions parlées.
  8. 8
    Hôtel mal famé (ellipse de tapis-franc).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On nous apporte des nattes et des tapis, on allume un grand feu de branchages au beau milieu de la salle, et nous parvenons enfin à nous dégeler.
  2. En montant un vaste escalier à tapis, où je remarquai toutes les recherches du comfort anglais, le cœur me battit; j’en rougissais, je démentais mon origine, mes sentiments, ma fierté, j’étais sottement bourgeois.

Synonyms

carpettepaillassontatami

This word in other languages

carpet(English)alfombra(Español)Teppich(Deutsch)tapete(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atpis
  • taips
  • tapiss
  • tappis
  • tapsi
  • tpais
  • ttapis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

atpis2taips2tapiss1tappis1tapsi2tpais2ttapis1
Edit distance from "tapis"

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 "tapis"?
"tapis" is spelled T-A-P-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.pi\.
What does "tapis" mean?
As a noun, "tapis" means: Pièce d’étoffe, tissu de laine, de soie, etc., dont on couvre une table, une estrade, le parquet d’une chambre, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "tapis"?
"tapis" is commonly confused with "tas", "TPS", "taxi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tapis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tapis" is \ta.pi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tapis" come from?
"tapis" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list