treillage

noun

"treillage" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“treillage” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - latticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a trellis.

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Index EN-treillage · treillage · English

treillage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for treillage
PropertyValue
Headwordtreillage
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “treillage” in English

treillagesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

treillage is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "latticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a trellis.".

treillage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French treillage. See trellis. The correct English form is treillage, spelled T-R-E-I-L-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    latticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a trellis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. admire the treillage
  2. October 23, 1778, Horace Walpole, letter to the Hon. H. S. Conway I shall plant the roses against my treillage to-morrow.

Etymology

From French treillage. See trellis.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "treillage"?
"treillage" is spelled T-R-E-I-L-L-A-G-E.
What does "treillage" mean?
As a noun, "treillage" means: latticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a trellis.
What is the origin of the word "treillage"?
From French treillage. See trellis. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list