trébucher

\tʁe.by.ʃe\

/\tʁe.by.ʃe\/ verb

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The verdict

“trébucher” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,346. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,346
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire un faux pas.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trebucher · trébucher · French

trébucher · rank #34,346 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #34,346
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Trieste

Nearest frequency peer: Trieste (-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 « trébucher »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « trébucher » 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).

trébucher vs trébuché
78% similar

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

Key facts for trébucher
PropertyValue
Headwordtrébucher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁe.by.ʃe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#34,346
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « trébucher »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).trébucherse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Trieste » (#34,345), « Tutsi » (#34,347), « traversons » (#34,344). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trébucher » est au #34,346. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around trébucher (IPA \tʁe.by.ʃe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,346 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for trébucher, with forms such as "rtébucher", "trbéucher", and "trebucher". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "trébuché", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is trébucher, spelled T-R-É-B-U-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire un faux pas.
  2. 2
    Tomber.
  3. 3
    Déchoir.
  4. 4
    Emporter par sa pesanteur celle contre laquelle elle est pesée, faire pencher le trébuchet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette course fiévreuse durait depuis dix heures. Le cheval râlait sourdement et trébuchait à chaque pas.
  2. Cette maison, revêtue d’ardoises, se trouvait entre un passage et une ruelle aboutissant à la rivière. Elle avait intérieurement des différences de niveau qui faisaient trébucher.

This word in other languages

stumble(English)tropezar(Español)stolpern(Deutsch)tropeçar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtébucher
  • trbéucher
  • trebucher
  • trrébucher
  • trébbucher
  • trébcuher
  • trébuccher
  • trébucehr
  • trébucherr
  • trébuchher
  • trébuchre
  • trébuhcer
  • tréubcher
  • ttrébucher
  • térbucher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtébucher2trbéucher2trebucher1trrébucher1trébbucher1trébcuher2trébuccher1trébucehr2
Edit distance from "trébucher"

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 "trébucher"?
"trébucher" is spelled T-R-É-B-U-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁe.by.ʃe\.
What does "trébucher" mean?
As a verb, "trébucher" means: Faire un faux pas.
What words are commonly confused with "trébucher"?
"trébucher" is commonly confused with "trébuché". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trébucher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trébucher" is \tʁe.by.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trébucher" come from?
"trébucher" 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 "trébucher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tomberait#34,335végétatif#34,362supérette#34,324supposent#34,323

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

transilien15 variantsémotionnels15 variantssubversion15 variantssculptées15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list