traquer

\tʁa.ke\

/\tʁa.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“traquer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,612. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,612
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fouiller un bois pour en faire sortir le gibier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-traquer · traquer · French

traquer · rank #18,612 · 10 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,612
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH traduisent

Nearest frequency peer: traduisent (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « traquer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « traquer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

traquer vs trouer
71% similar
traquer vs trique
71% similar
traquer vs truqués
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for traquer
PropertyValue
Headwordtraquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁa.ke\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,612
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « traquer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).traquerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « traduisent » (#18,611), « troublé » (#18,613), « tracts » (#18,610). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « traquer » est au #18,612. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around traquer (IPA \tʁa.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,612 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for traquer, with forms such as "rtaquer", "tarquer", and "traqeur". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "trouer", "trique", "truqués", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is traquer, spelled T-R-A-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fouiller un bois pour en faire sortir le gibier.
  2. 2
    Faire une enceinte dans un bois, de manière qu’en la resserrant toujours on force les bêtes à entrer dans les toiles ou à passer à portée des coups des chasseurs.
  3. 3
    Poursuivre, cerner pour s'emparer.
  4. 4
    Poursuivre quelqu’un avec acharnement et sans lui laisser d’issue pour s’échapper.
  5. 5
    Rechercher avec détermination et minutie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how traquer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Traquer un bois pour prendre un loup.
  2. Traquer un loup dans un bois.

This word in other languages

stalk(English)perseguir(Español)hetzen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtaquer
  • tarquer
  • traqeur
  • traqquer
  • traquerr
  • traqure
  • trauqer
  • trqauer
  • trraquer
  • ttraquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of traquer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

rtaquer2tarquer2traqeur2traqquer1traquerr1traqure2trauqer2trqauer2
Edit distance from "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 "traquer"?
"traquer" is spelled T-R-A-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁa.ke\.
What does "traquer" mean?
As a verb, "traquer" means: Fouiller un bois pour en faire sortir le gibier.
What words are commonly confused with "traquer"?
"traquer" is commonly confused with "trouer", "trique", "truqués". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "traquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "traquer" is \tʁa.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "traquer" come from?
"traquer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "traquer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

troublé#18,613Ubisoft#18,615Thomson#18,606sursaut#18,601

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

tracts10 variantsunissent10 variantsaffectif10 variantsrésolue10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list