trait de caractère
\tʁɛ də ka.ʁak.tɛʁ\
The verdict
“trait de caractère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Comportements et personnalité relevant de l'acquis.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trait de caractère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁɛ də ka.ʁak.tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trait de caractère” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
trait de caractère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁɛ də ka.ʁak.tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Comportements et personnalité relevant de l'acquis.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for trait de caractère, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is trait de caractère, spelled T-R-A-I-T- -D-E- -C-A-R-A-C-T-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Comportements et personnalité relevant de l'acquis.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “trait de caractère”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-R-A-I-T- -D-E- -C-A-R-A-C-T-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tʁɛ də ka.ʁak.tɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.