treize

/\tʁɛz\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,567

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

treize is anFrenchadj. It means: Douze plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 13. Pronounced \tʁɛz\. It ranks #6,567 in French word frequency. Often confused with trie and trêve.

Key facts for treize
PropertyValue
Headwordtreize
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\tʁɛz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,567
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of treize in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for treize is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁɛz\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,567 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for treize, with forms such as "rteize", "terize", and "treiez". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "trie", "trêve", "Troie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is treize, spelled T-R-E-I-Z-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Douze plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 13.
  2. 2
    Treizième.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rteize,terize,treiez,treizze,trezie,trieze,trreize,ttreize

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for treize

Misspelling Variants of "treize"

rteize6terize6treiez6treizze7trezie6trieze6trreize7ttreize7
Misspelling Variants of "treize"

Frequency rank: #6,567 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "treize"?
"treize" is spelled T-R-E-I-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɛz\.
What does "treize" mean?
As an adj, "treize" means: Douze plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 13.
What words are commonly confused with "treize"?
"treize" is commonly confused with "trie", "trêve", "Troie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "treize"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "treize" is \tʁɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "treize" come from?
"treize" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.