traîne-patins
\tʁɛn.pa.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“traîne-patins” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vagabond, miséreux, bon à rien, feignant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | traîne-patins |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁɛn.pa.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “traîne-patins” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
traîne-patins is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁɛn.pa.tɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vagabond, miséreux, bon à rien, feignant.".
traîne-patins has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is traîne-patins, spelled T-R-A-Î-N-E---P-A-T-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Vagabond, miséreux, bon à rien, feignant.
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.
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Using “traîne-patins”
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- The one correct French spelling is T-R-A-Î-N-E---P-A-T-I-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.