traquent

\tʁak\

/\tʁak\/ verb

The verdict

“traquent” is uncommon French (frequency #53,037 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,037
frequency rank, French
164,488
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de traquer.

Key facts for traquent
PropertyValue
Headwordtraquent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁak\
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,037
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “traquent” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). traquent lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

traquent is uncommon French at frequency #53,037 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \tʁak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

traquent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is traquent, spelled T-R-A-Q-U-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de traquer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de traquer.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "traquent"?
"traquent" is spelled T-R-A-Q-U-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁak\.
What does "traquent" mean?
As a verb, "traquent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de traquer.
How do you pronounce "traquent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "traquent" is \tʁak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "traquent" come from?
"traquent" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “traquent”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is T-R-A-Q-U-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \tʁak\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list