trépider
\tʁe.pi.de\
The verdict
“trépider” 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) - Bouger par de très petites secousses, vibrer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trepider · trépider · French
trépider · 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 | trépider |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tʁe.pi.de\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « trépider » en français
Rare enough to double-check
trépider is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \tʁe.pi.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for trépider in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is trépider, spelled T-R-É-P-I-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Bouger par de très petites secousses, vibrer.
- 2Trembler, trembler de peur.
- 3Vibrer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trépider appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tandis que Paris s'agite, se hâte, trépide, se remue, se passionne dans la vie à outrance, l'île Saint-Louis vit doucement sa bonne vie paisible.
Au retour du maître, le village entier trépidait de rumeurs […]
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.