tranché

/\tʁɑ̃.ʃe\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,277

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

tranché is anFrenchadj. It means: Se dit d'un membre sectionné de façon nette à la suite de l’action d’une lame. Pronounced \tʁɑ̃.ʃe\. Often confused with transe and triché.

Key facts for tranché
PropertyValue
Headwordtranché
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\tʁɑ̃.ʃe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,277
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tranché in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for tranché is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁɑ̃.ʃe\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,277 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for tranché, with forms such as "rtanché", "tarnché", and "tracnhé". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "transe", "triché", "trench", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is tranché, spelled T-R-A-N-C-H-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dit d'un membre sectionné de façon nette à la suite de l’action d’une lame.
  2. 2
    masculin singulier Se dit d’un écu partagé en deux parties par une ligne oblique tirée de l’angle dextre du chef au côté senestre de la pointe.
  3. 3
    Clivé, décidé

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtanché,tarnché,tracnhé,trancché,tranche,tranchhé,trancéh,tranhcé,trannché,trnaché,trranché,ttranché

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tranché

Misspelling Variants of "tranché"

rtanché7tarnché7tracnhé7trancché8tranche7tranchhé8trancéh7tranhcé7
Misspelling Variants of "tranché"

Frequency rank: #15,277 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tranché"?
"tranché" is spelled T-R-A-N-C-H-É. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃.ʃe\.
What does "tranché" mean?
As an adj, "tranché" means: Se dit d'un membre sectionné de façon nette à la suite de l’action d’une lame.
What words are commonly confused with "tranché"?
"tranché" is commonly confused with "transe", "triché", "trench". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tranché"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tranché" is \tʁɑ̃.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tranché" come from?
"tranché" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.