traînard
\tʁɛ.naʁ\
The verdict
“traînard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - ou Qui traîne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trainard · traînard · French
traînard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | traînard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁɛ.naʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « traînard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
traînard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁɛ.naʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ou Qui traîne.".
No misspelling variants are generated for traînard in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is traînard, spelled T-R-A-Î-N-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1ou Qui traîne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how traînard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’hôtel sommeillait, comme nous. Rien n’y trahissait la vie. Nul bruit n’en troublait le profond silence… si ce n’est le coup de balai, monotone et lassé, de quelqu’un (homme ou femme… on ne savait ; il faisait trop nuit pour bien s’en rendre compte) qui balayait alors la grande cour de cet hôtel muet, dont la porte cochère restait habituellement ouverte.…
Je guéris pourtant, bien péniblement à vrai dire, après être resté traînard et courbaturé pendant plusieurs mois ; je ne retrouvai plus, d’ailleurs, qu’une petite moitié de la vigueur que j’avais conservée jusque-là.
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