travelling
\tʁav.liŋ\
The verdict
“travelling” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,237. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,237
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mouvement de prise de vue audiovisuelle, consistant à un déplacement réel de la caméra (ou du caméscope) dans l’espace, généralement à l'aide d’un matériel spécial sur rails ou sur pneumatiques ou ...
Corpus desk
Index FR-travelling · travelling · French
travelling · rank #48,237 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,237
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 164,488
- PHOTO-FINISH trapu
Nearest frequency peer: trapu (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “travelling”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tos
tos
51,767 corpus weight
- transgresser
transgresser
51,766 corpus weight
- trapu
trapu
51,765 corpus weight
- travelling
travelling
51,764 corpus weight
- traçant
traçant
51,763 corpus weight
- tribaux
tribaux
51,761 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “travelling” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | travelling |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁav.liŋ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #48,237 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “travelling” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around travelling (IPA \tʁav.liŋ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,237 among 164,488 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for travelling, with forms such as "rtavelling", "tarvelling", and "traevlling". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is travelling, spelled T-R-A-V-E-L-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Mouvement de prise de vue audiovisuelle, consistant à un déplacement réel de la caméra (ou du caméscope) dans l’espace, généralement à l'aide d’un matériel spécial sur rails ou sur pneumatiques ou d'un quelconque véhicule.
- 2Dispositif technique dont on se sert pour réaliser un travelling.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how travelling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avoir un jardin, ça n’est pas un acte d’incivilité (on peut toutefois se dispenser de poster de longs travellings de son parc privé avec le hashtag #vivelesvacances).
Nous étions effectivement en retard en arrivant à Mortcerf. Mais – précisément comme Billy l’espérait – l’équipe avait anticipé ses besoins et déjà installé un rail de travelling le long du quai de la gare, parallèlemenet à la voie de chemin de fer.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtavelling
- tarvelling
- traevlling
- travelilng
- traveling
- travellign
- travellingg
- travellinng
- travellnig
- travleling
- travvelling
- trravelling
- trvaelling
- ttravelling
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of travelling - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "travelling", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
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.