travelo
\tʁav.lo\
The verdict
“travelo” is uncommon French (frequency #73,616 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,616
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Travesti.
Corpus desk
Index FR-travelo · travelo · French
travelo · rank #73,616 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,616
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH transactionnel
Nearest frequency peer: transactionnel (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « travelo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Toriyama
Toriyama
26,388 corpus weight
- tranquil
tranquil
26,387 corpus weight
- transaction…
transactionnel
26,386 corpus weight
- travelo
travelo
26,385 corpus weight
- trophique
trophique
26,384 corpus weight
- twelve
twelve
26,382 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « travelo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | travelo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁav.lo\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,616 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « travelo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
travelo is uncommon French at frequency #73,616 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁav.lo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Travesti.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for travelo, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is travelo, spelled T-R-A-V-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1Travesti.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how travelo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On est triste, minouchet ? lui demande le travelo brun en venant s'appuyer contre lui. Chagrin d’amour ? Laisse tomber les filles, crois-moi ! Toutes des salopes ! — et essaye avec moi, je t'apprendrai des gimmicks terribles !...
Je rencontre deux Suisses plutôt sympas. L'un d'eux est déjà avec une fille. Elle se retourne, c'est le travelo de Pattaya. Je me marre, elle aussi. Son client de ce soir ne sait pas que c'est un travesti. Elle me demande de ne pas le lui dire en accompagnant ses paroles d’un doigt motus devant ses lèvres.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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