trachée

/\tʁa.ʃe\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,074

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

trachée is aFrenchnoun. It means: Tube délié, petit vaisseau des insectes et des plantes, formé d’un fil élastique contourné en spirale. Pronounced \tʁa.ʃe\. Often confused with trahie and triché.

Key facts for trachée
PropertyValue
Headwordtrachée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁa.ʃe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#38,074
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of trachée in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for trachée is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁa.ʃe\. Corpus data places it at rank #38,074 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for trachée, with forms such as "rtachée", "tarchée", and "tracchée". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "trahie", "triché", "travée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is trachée, spelled T-R-A-C-H-É-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tube délié, petit vaisseau des insectes et des plantes, formé d’un fil élastique contourné en spirale.
  2. 2
    Tuyau élastique qui, chez les vertébrés, permet de transporter l’air entre le larynx et les bronches, aussi appelé trachée-artère.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtachée,tarchée,tracchée,trachee,tracheé,trachhée,tracéhe,trahcée,trcahée,trrachée,ttrachée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for trachée

Misspelling Variants of "trachée"

rtachée7tarchée7tracchée8trachee7tracheé7trachhée8tracéhe7trahcée7
Misspelling Variants of "trachée"

Frequency rank: #38,074 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trachée"?
"trachée" is spelled T-R-A-C-H-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁa.ʃe\.
What does "trachée" mean?
As a noun, "trachée" means: Tube délié, petit vaisseau des insectes et des plantes, formé d’un fil élastique contourné en spirale.
What words are commonly confused with "trachée"?
"trachée" is commonly confused with "trahie", "triché", "travée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trachée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trachée" is \tʁa.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trachée" come from?
"trachée" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.