tapisser
\ta.pi.se\
The verdict
“tapisser” is uncommon French (frequency #79,793 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,793
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Revêtir ou orner de tapisserie les murs d’une salle, d’une chambre, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tapisser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ta.pi.se\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,793 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tapisser” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tapisser is uncommon French at frequency #79,793 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ta.pi.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for tapisser in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tapisser, spelled T-A-P-I-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Revêtir ou orner de tapisserie les murs d’une salle, d’une chambre, etc.
- 2Couvrir et revêtir une surface, en parlant de diverses choses.
- 3Faire de la tapisserie à l’aiguille.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “tapisser”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-A-P-I-S-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ta.pi.se\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.