tranché
\tʁɑ̃.ʃe\
The verdict
“tranché” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,277. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,277
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d'un membre sectionné de façon nette à la suite de l’action d’une lame.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tranche · tranché · French
tranché · rank #15,277 · 12 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,277
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH toux
Nearest frequency peer: toux (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tranché”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- touchées
touchées
84,727 corpus weight
- toussa
toussa
84,726 corpus weight
- toux
toux
84,725 corpus weight
- tranché
tranché
84,724 corpus weight
- transmises
transmises
84,723 corpus weight
- traque
traque
84,722 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tranché” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tranché |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁɑ̃.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #15,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tranché” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around tranché (IPA \tʁɑ̃.ʃe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,277 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for tranché, with forms such as "rtanché", "tarnché", and "tracnhé". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tranché, spelled T-R-A-N-C-H-É.
Definition
- 1Se dit d'un membre sectionné de façon nette à la suite de l’action d’une lame.
- 2masculin 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.
- 3Clivé, décidé
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tranché appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tranché d’argent et de sable, qui est de Mouzens → voir illustration « écu tranché »
D'autant que l'algorithme de TikTok adore les avis tranchés et donc le discours de l'extrême droite
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtanché
- tarnché
- tracnhé
- trancché
- tranche
- tranchhé
- trancéh
- tranhcé
- trannché
- trnaché
- trranché
- ttranché
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tranché - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tranché", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "tranché". Here's where to go from here.
- "tranché" maps to 13 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "transe". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #15,277 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.