trapu

\tʁa.py\

/\tʁa.py\/ adj

The verdict

“trapu” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,236. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,236
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est large, court et inspire un sentiment de puissance en parlant des hommes et des animaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trapu · trapu · French

trapu · rank #48,236 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,236
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH transgresser

Nearest frequency peer: transgresser (-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 « trapu »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « trapu » 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).

trapu vs trop
60% similar
trapu vs trou
60% similar
trapu vs trip
60% similar

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

Key facts for trapu
PropertyValue
Headwordtrapu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʁa.py\
Letters5
Frequency rank#48,236
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « trapu »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).trapuse 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 « transgresser » (#48,235), « travelling » (#48,237), « tos » (#48,234). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trapu » est au #48,236. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around trapu (IPA \tʁa.py\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,236 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est large, court et inspire un sentiment de puissance en parlant des hommes et des animaux.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for trapu, with forms such as "rtapu", "tarpu", and "trappu". 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, "trop", "trou", "trip", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is trapu, spelled T-R-A-P-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est large, court et inspire un sentiment de puissance en parlant des hommes et des animaux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les animaux les plus forts et les plus résistants sont ceux qui ont le corps ramassé, trapu, comme l’on dit ; […].
  2. Les femmes, qui sont de taille moyenne et plutôt trapues, portent une robe en vadmel, sorte de flanelle tissée avec la laine qu'elles-mêmes ont cardée et filée.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtapu
  • tarpu
  • trappu
  • traup
  • trpau
  • trrapu
  • ttrapu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trapu - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

rtapu2tarpu2trappu1traup2trpau2trrapu1ttrapu1
Edit distance from "trapu"

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 "trapu"?
"trapu" is spelled T-R-A-P-U. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁa.py\.
What does "trapu" mean?
As an adjective, "trapu" means: Qui est large, court et inspire un sentiment de puissance en parlant des hommes et des animaux.
What words are commonly confused with "trapu"?
"trapu" is commonly confused with "trop", "trou", "trip". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trapu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trapu" is \tʁa.py\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trapu" come from?
"trapu" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list