trash

\tʁaʃ\

/\tʁaʃ\/ adj

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The verdict

“trash” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,089. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,089
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui évoque une vie et des valeurs liées à un monde glauque, comme la saleté, la sexualité malsaine, la toxicomanie et la violence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trash · trash · French

trash · rank #18,089 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,089
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH transformant

Nearest frequency peer: transformant (-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 « trash »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « trash » 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).

trash vs très
60% similar
trash vs trav
60% similar
trash vs tris
60% similar

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

Key facts for trash
PropertyValue
Headwordtrash
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʁaʃ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,089
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « trash »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.trashse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « transformant » (#18,088), « travaillais » (#18,090), « Tibet » (#18,086). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trash » est au #18,089. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around trash (IPA \tʁaʃ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,089 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for trash, with forms such as "rtash", "tarsh", and "trahs". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "très", "trav", "tris", 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is trash, spelled T-R-A-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui évoque une vie et des valeurs liées à un monde glauque, comme la saleté, la sexualité malsaine, la toxicomanie et la violence.
  2. 2
    Vil, ordurier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Salo ou les 120 journées de Sodome, le film le plus trash de l’histoire du cinéma […]
  2. Je te laisse à ta « révolution Love Story » […] pour que tu ne rates aucune information inutile de ces « justes des émissions trashs ».

Synonyms

glauque

This word in other languages

trashy(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtash
  • tarsh
  • trahs
  • trashh
  • trassh
  • trrash
  • trsah
  • ttrash

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trash - 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.

rtash2tarsh2trahs2trashh1trassh1trrash1trsah2ttrash1
Edit distance from "trash"

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 "trash"?
"trash" is spelled T-R-A-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁaʃ\.
What does "trash" mean?
As an adjective, "trash" means: Qui évoque une vie et des valeurs liées à un monde glauque, comme la saleté, la sexualité malsaine, la toxicomanie et la violence.
What words are commonly confused with "trash"?
"trash" is commonly confused with "très", "trav", "tris". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trash"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trash" is \tʁaʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trash" come from?
"trash" 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 "trash", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tibet#18,086under#18,092sorry#18,070shell#18,066

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

affilié8 variantssecoué8 variantssauces8 variantsavoirs8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list