trapue

\tʁa.py\

/\tʁa.py\/ adj

The verdict

“trapue” is uncommon French (frequency #91,246 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,246
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de trapu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trapue · trapue · French

trapue · rank #91,246 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,246
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH transporteront

Nearest frequency peer: transporteront (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « trapue »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « trapue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for trapue
PropertyValue
Headwordtrapue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʁa.py\
Letters6
Frequency rank#91,246
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « trapue » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.trapuetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « transporteront » (#91,245), « traversiers » (#91,247), « tripode » (#91,248). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trapue » est au #91,246. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

trapue is uncommon French at frequency #91,246 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁa.py\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de trapu.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for trapue in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is trapue, spelled T-R-A-P-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de trapu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Jacqueline, ma Jacqueline aux joues pleines avec des taches de son sous ses yeux qui ont la pudeur d’une petite mare toute défrissonnée dans une clairière, ma Jacotte trapue, elle aussi maintenant perd son temps à rêvasser, à muser, à faire cette école buissonnière du regard qui oblige à rappeler à l’ordre et à sa fâcher : — Jacotte, allons, allons !

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 "trapue"?
"trapue" is spelled T-R-A-P-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁa.py\.
What does "trapue" mean?
As an adjective, "trapue" means: Féminin singulier de trapu.
How do you pronounce "trapue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trapue" is \tʁa.py\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trapue" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list