trépidante

\tʁe.pi.dɑ̃t\

/\tʁe.pi.dɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“trépidante” is uncommon French (frequency #61,200 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,200
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-trepidante · trépidante · French

trépidante · rank #61,200 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,200
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Trotski

Nearest frequency peer: Trotski (-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 « trépidante »

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 « trépidante » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for trépidante
PropertyValue
Headwordtrépidante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʁe.pi.dɑ̃t\
Letters10
Frequency rank#61,200
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « trépidante » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Trotski » (#61,199), « tueuses » (#61,201), « tuons » (#61,202). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trépidante » est au #61,200. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

trépidante is uncommon French at frequency #61,200 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁe.pi.dɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de trépidant.".

Zero misspellings are on record for trépidante in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is trépidante, spelled T-R-É-P-I-D-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de trépidant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le congé maternité est un moment de pause dans la vie de la femme qui mène parfois une vie professionnelle trépidante.

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list