trousseau

/ˈtɹuːsəʊ/

//ˈtɹuːsəʊ// noun

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

The verdict

“trousseau” is uncommon English (frequency #81,922 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,922
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The clothes and linen, etc., that a bride collects or that is given to her for her wedding and married life, especially a traditional or formal set of these.

Corpus desk

Index EN-trousseau · trousseau · English

trousseau · rank #81,922 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,922
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tromsø

Nearest frequency peer: Tromsø (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “trousseau”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “trousseau” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for trousseau
PropertyValue
Headwordtrousseau
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈtɹuːsəʊ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#81,922
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “trousseau” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).trousseaufalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Tromsø” (#81,921), “Trudi” (#81,923), “trivium” (#81,920). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “trousseau” is #81,922. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

trousseau is uncommon English at frequency #81,922 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɹuːsəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for trousseau in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French trousseau, diminutive of trousse (“bundle”). The correct English form is trousseau, spelled T-R-O-U-S-S-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    The clothes and linen, etc., that a bride collects or that is given to her for her wedding and married life, especially a traditional or formal set of these.
  2. 2
    A bundle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Trousseaus of German Heiresses.—Despatches from Berlin told recently of the visit to that city of a wealthy German mother and her two daughters. for the purpose of buying trousseaus for the girls who are said to be perhaps the richest heiresses of the world. […] Frau Krupp, widow of the great gunmaker of Essen [Friedrich Alfred Krupp], and her daughters,…
  2. Consequently, having decided to divide her daughter's trousseau into two parts, a lesser and a larger, the Princess eventually consented to have the wedding before Advent.

Etymology

Borrowed from French trousseau, diminutive of trousse (“bundle”).

This word in other languages

ajuar(Español)trousseau(Français)Aussteuer(Deutsch)enxoval(Português)

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trousseau"?
"trousseau" is spelled T-R-O-U-S-S-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtɹuːsəʊ/.
What does "trousseau" mean?
As a noun, "trousseau" means: The clothes and linen, etc., that a bride collects or that is given to her for her wedding and married life, especially a traditional or formal set of these.
How do you pronounce "trousseau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trousseau" is /ˈtɹuːsəʊ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "trousseau"?
Borrowed from French trousseau, diminutive of trousse (“bundle”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Unabomber#81,936tensioned#81,893symbolist#81,886Willesden#81,981

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list