traîtresse
\tʁɛ.tʁɛs\
The verdict
“traîtresse” is uncommon French (frequency #68,708 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,708
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de traître.
Corpus desk
Index FR-traitresse · traîtresse · French
traîtresse · rank #68,708 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,708
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH travaillions
Nearest frequency peer: travaillions (-1 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « traîtresse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- transportez
transportez
31,296 corpus weight
- traumas
traumas
31,295 corpus weight
- travaillions
travaillions
31,294 corpus weight
- traîtresse
traîtresse
31,293 corpus weight
- trônant
trônant
31,291 corpus weight
- TSF
TSF
31,290 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « traîtresse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | traîtresse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁɛ.tʁɛs\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #68,708 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « traîtresse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
traîtresse is uncommon French at frequency #68,708 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁɛ.tʁɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de traître.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for traîtresse in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 traîtresse, spelled T-R-A-Î-T-R-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de traître.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how traîtresse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ahmed Abdou s’effrayait aussitôt, et craignait que la graine dure et traîtresse, cachée sous les fibres, ne blessât la fillette.
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.
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