taponner
\ta.pɔ.ne\
The verdict
“taponner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Arranger les cheveux en tapons, sorte de coiffure des dames du temps de Louis XIV.
Corpus desk
Index FR-taponner · taponner · French
taponner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | taponner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ta.pɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « taponner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
taponner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ta.pɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for taponner, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is taponner, spelled T-A-P-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Arranger les cheveux en tapons, sorte de coiffure des dames du temps de Louis XIV.
- 2Se coiffer en tapon.
- 3Tripoter, triturer.
- 4Essayer à gauche et à droite, perdre son temps en vains essais, tourner en rond.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how taponner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le bel air est de se peigner pour contrefaire la petite tête revenante ; vous taponnerez tout cela à merveille ; cela est fait en un moment. [Sévigné, 15 avril 1671]
Cette mode durera peu, elle est mortelle pour les dents ; taponnez-vous seulement par grosses boucles, comme vous faisiez quelquefois ; car les petites boucles rangées de Montgobert sont justement du temps du roi Guillemot. [Sévigné, 4 avril 1671]
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.