trépigner
\tʁe.pi.ɲe\
The verdict
“trépigner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frapper des pieds contre terre, d’un mouvement vif et rapide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trepigner · trépigner · French
trépigner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | trépigner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tʁe.pi.ɲe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « trépigner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
trépigner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \tʁe.pi.ɲe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for trépigner, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is trépigner, spelled T-R-É-P-I-G-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Frapper des pieds contre terre, d’un mouvement vif et rapide.
- 2Piétiner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trépigner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les enfants trépignent d'impatience en attendant le Père Noël.
J'en ai marre d'attendre le résultat de mon examen, je trépigne d'impatience.
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.