trapèze

/\tʁa.pɛz\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,051

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

trapèze is aFrenchnoun. It means: Quadrilatère dont deux côtés sont parallèles. Pronounced \tʁa.pɛz\. Often confused with trappe and travée.

Key facts for trapèze
PropertyValue
Headwordtrapèze
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁa.pɛz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,051
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for trapèze is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁa.pɛz\. Corpus data places it at rank #33,051 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for trapèze, with forms such as "rtapèze", "tarpèze", and "trapeze". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "trappe", "travée", "tapez", 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 trapèze, spelled T-R-A-P-È-Z-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quadrilatère dont deux côtés sont parallèles.
  2. 2
    Ce qui a approximativement la forme de ce quadrilatère.
  3. 3
    Appareil formé d’une barre de bois suspendue à deux cordes, qui sert à divers exercices.
  4. 4
    Os (de la main) et muscle (du dos) qui ont à peu près la forme d’un trapèze.
  5. 5
    Câble qui descend du mât d’un voilier léger ou sportif permettant la sortie d’un équipier pour contre-balancer la gîte.
  6. 6
    Une espèce d’insecte lépidoptère (papillon) de nuit commun en Europe de la famille des noctuidés (Noctuidae), de coloration très variable.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtapèze,tarpèze,trapeze,trappèze,trapzèe,trapèez,trapèzze,traèpze,trpaèze,trrapèze,ttrapèze

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for trapèze

Misspelling Variants of "trapèze"

rtapèze7tarpèze7trapeze7trappèze8trapzèe7trapèez7trapèzze8traèpze7
Misspelling Variants of "trapèze"

Frequency rank: #33,051 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trapèze"?
"trapèze" is spelled T-R-A-P-È-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁa.pɛz\.
What does "trapèze" mean?
As a noun, "trapèze" means: Quadrilatère dont deux côtés sont parallèles.
What words are commonly confused with "trapèze"?
"trapèze" is commonly confused with "trappe", "travée", "tapez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trapèze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trapèze" is \tʁa.pɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trapèze" come from?
"trapèze" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.