tree

\tɹiː\

/\tɹiː\/ noun

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The verdict

“tree” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #21,799) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#21,799
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tree · tree · French

tree · rank #21,799 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,799
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH traitance

Nearest frequency peer: traitance (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « tree »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « tree » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

tree vs tué
25% similar
tree vs tri
50% similar
tree vs try
50% similar

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

Key facts for tree
PropertyValue
Headwordtree
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɹiː\
Letters4
Frequency rank#21,799
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « tree »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.treese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « traitance » (#21,798), « téléréalité » (#21,800), « tonique » (#21,797). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tree » est au #21,799. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for tree is neighbouring look-alikes ("tué", "tri", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \tɹiː\. Frequency #21,799 among 3,703 “T” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for tree, with forms such as "rtee", "trree", and "ttree". 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, "tué", "tri", "try", and more, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tree, spelled T-R-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arbre.
  2. 2
    Arborescence, structure arborescente.
  3. 3
    Arbre.
  4. 4
    Arbre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Squirrels and birds live in trees.
  2. Willows are beautiful trees.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtee
  • trree
  • ttree

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tree - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

rtee2trree1ttree1
Edit distance from "tree"

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 "tree"?
"tree" is spelled T-R-E-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɹiː\.
What does "tree" mean?
As a noun, "tree" means: Arbre.
What words are commonly confused with "tree"?
"tree" is commonly confused with "tué", "tri", "try". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tree"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tree" is \tɹiː\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tree" come from?
"tree" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tree", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tact#21,787swan#21,783ânes#21,817Alec#21,838

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list