se tromper
\sə tʁɔ̃.pe\
The verdict
“se tromper” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire une erreur ; s’abuser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-tromper · se tromper · French
se tromper · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | se tromper |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə tʁɔ̃.pe\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
se tromper is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə tʁɔ̃.pe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for se tromper in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is se tromper, spelled S-E- -T-R-O-M-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire une erreur ; s’abuser.
- 2Prendre une chose pour une autre semblable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se tromper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et voilà qu’Eugène passait les soirées entières dans le salon jaune, écoutant religieusement ces grotesques que lui, Aristide, avait si impitoyablement raillés. Quand il sut, par les bavardages de la ville, que son frère donnait des poignées de main à Granoux et en recevait du marquis, il se demanda avec anxiété ce qu’il devait croire. Se serait-il trompé…
[…] la mère Paul était rouée et profitait des pièces qu'on lui remettait de temps en temps pour jurer qu'on avait dû se tromper en la gratifiant d'un jeton de bar.
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.