tapis roulant
\ta.pi ʁu.lɑ̃\
The verdict
“tapis roulant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Moyen de transport qui permet de déplacer horizontalement des piétons ou du matériel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tapis-roulant · tapis roulant · French
tapis roulant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | tapis roulant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.pi ʁu.lɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tapis roulant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.pi ʁu.lɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tapis roulant doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tapis roulant, spelled T-A-P-I-S- -R-O-U-L-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Moyen de transport qui permet de déplacer horizontalement des piétons ou du matériel.
- 2Machine d’exercice physique servant à s’entrainer à marcher ou à courir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tapis roulant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le petit comité se mit en mouvement, longeant les immenses cuves en inox autour desquelles un entrelacs de tapis roulants véhiculait les bouteilles de verre qui tintinnabulaient joyeusement.
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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.