Trébizonde
\tʁe.bi.zɔ̃d\
The verdict
“Trébizonde” is uncommon French (frequency #82,547 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,547
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom de la ville turque de Trabzon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trebizonde · Trébizonde · French
Trébizonde · rank #82,547 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,547
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH trublion
Nearest frequency peer: trublion (-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 « Trébizonde »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- transportab…
transportables
17,459 corpus weight
- traveller
traveller
17,458 corpus weight
- triturer
triturer
17,456 corpus weight
- trublion
trublion
17,455 corpus weight
- Trébizonde
Trébizonde
17,454 corpus weight
- Trégor
Trégor
17,453 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Trébizonde » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Trébizonde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \tʁe.bi.zɔ̃d\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #82,547 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Trébizonde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Trébizonde is uncommon French at frequency #82,547 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \tʁe.bi.zɔ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancien nom de la ville turque de Trabzon.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Trébizonde, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Trébizonde, spelled T-R-É-B-I-Z-O-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Ancien nom de la ville turque de Trabzon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Trébizonde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le lézard se traîne où se promenait jadis la belle Geneviève songeant à son amant parti en Trébizonde combattre les géants.
Les Russes viennent d’emporter Erzeroum. Bientôt Trébizonde sera en leur pouvoir. C’est toute une politique de la mer Noire qui va être à envisager.
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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