trav
\tʁav\
The verdict
“trav” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,845. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,845
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Travesti.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trav · trav · French
trav · rank #30,845 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,845
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH toxine
Nearest frequency peer: toxine (-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 « trav »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Torino
Torino
69,159 corpus weight
- tourelle
tourelle
69,158 corpus weight
- toxine
toxine
69,157 corpus weight
- trav
trav
69,156 corpus weight
- traversés
traversés
69,155 corpus weight
- tresse
tresse
69,154 corpus weight
What this shows « trav » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | trav |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁav\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #30,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « trav »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around trav (IPA \tʁav\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,845 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for trav, with forms such as "rtav", "tarv", and "travv". 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, "TV", "TVA", "tri", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 trav, spelled T-R-A-V.
Definition
- 1Travesti.
- 2Par retournement du stigmate, un travesti, parfois une femme trans.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trav appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À l'approche des vagos, les travs déchaînés aux tenues provocantes se mettent à siffler, exhibent leur tarpéou carrément leur gourdin. Perso, ce spectacle me donne la nausée.
Au qualificatif un peu cru de "trav", ils cherchent à substituer un euphémisme qui leur paraisse plus aimable et parlent d’éonisme. A cause du chevalier d’Éon.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtav
- tarv
- travv
- trrav
- trva
- ttrav
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trav - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "trav", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).