tragédienne
\tʁa.ʒe.djɛn\
The verdict
“tragédienne” is uncommon French (frequency #99,715 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,715
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Actrice tragique, ou qui excelle dans les rôles tragiques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tragedienne · tragédienne · French
tragédienne · rank #99,715 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,715
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 164,488
- PHOTO-FINISH tow
Nearest frequency peer: tow (-2 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tragédienne”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- touiller
touiller
289 corpus weight
- tow
tow
288 corpus weight
- tragédienne
tragédienne
286 corpus weight
- trez
trez
284 corpus weight
- tricolor
tricolor
283 corpus weight
- tricorne
tricorne
282 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tragédienne” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tragédienne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁa.ʒe.djɛn\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #99,715 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tragédienne” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tragédienne is uncommon French at frequency #99,715 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁa.ʒe.djɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tragédienne in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tragédienne, spelled T-R-A-G-É-D-I-E-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Actrice tragique, ou qui excelle dans les rôles tragiques.
- 2Celle qui se comporte de manière si mélodramatique qu’on la compare à une actrice tragique.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tragédienne", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.