trackpad
\tʁak.pad\
The verdict
“trackpad” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Touchpad ou pavé tactile, spécialement celui d’un Mac.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trackpad · trackpad · French
trackpad · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | trackpad |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁak.pad\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « trackpad » en français
Rare enough to double-check
trackpad is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁak.pad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Touchpad ou pavé tactile, spécialement celui d’un Mac.".
Zero misspellings are on record for trackpad in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is trackpad, spelled T-R-A-C-K-P-A-D.
Definition
- 1Touchpad ou pavé tactile, spécialement celui d’un Mac.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how trackpad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La mise à jour que permet cette compatibilité donne la possibilité d’utiliser normalement différents gestes du trackpad, du clic gauche et droit classique au défilement horizontal ou vertical et au zoom.
Synonyms
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.