tranquille
\tʁɑ̃.kil\
The verdict
“tranquille” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,154. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,154
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est paisible, calme, sans agitation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tranquille · tranquille · French
tranquille · rank #2,154 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,154
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH traduction
Nearest frequency peer: traduction (-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 “tranquille”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- soeur
soeur
97,850 corpus weight
- toucher
toucher
97,849 corpus weight
- traduction
traduction
97,848 corpus weight
- tranquille
tranquille
97,847 corpus weight
- trente
trente
97,846 corpus weight
- vérifier
vérifier
97,845 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tranquille” 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 | tranquille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁɑ̃.kil\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #2,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “tranquille” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around tranquille (IPA \tʁɑ̃.kil\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,154 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for tranquille, with forms such as "rtanquille", "tarnquille", and "trannquille". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "tranquilles", "tranquillou", "tranquillité", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tranquille, spelled T-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est paisible, calme, sans agitation.
- 2En paix, paisible.
- 3Sans bulles, pour un vin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tranquille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il regardait les vastes bâtiments de l’Asile, les ailes des différents quartiers, séparés par des jardins, celui des hommes et celui des femmes, ceux des fous tranquilles et des fous furieux.
Par contraste, le côté du lagon était étrangement calme, une eau merveilleusement tranquille, à peine ridée par les alizés, où passaient des poissons aux couleurs éblouissantes.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtanquille
- tarnquille
- trannquille
- tranqiulle
- tranqquille
- tranquile
- tranquilel
- tranqulile
- tranuqille
- traqnuille
- trnaquille
- trranquille
- ttranquille
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tranquille - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tranquille", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "tranquille" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "tranquilles". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,154 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.