tréma
\tʁe.ma\
The verdict
“tréma” is an uncommon French word, ranked #71,154 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #71,154
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Signe diacritique formé de deux points alignés horizontalement ‹ ◌̈ ›, qui se place au-dessus de diverses voyelles (e, i, o, u, y) pour indiquer que celles-ci sont séparées des précédentes ou des s...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tréma |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁe.ma\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tréma” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tréma is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁe.ma\. Corpus data places it at rank #71,154 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Signe diacritique formé de deux points alignés horizontalement ‹ ◌̈ ›, qui se place au-dessus de diverses voyelles (e, i, o, u, y) pour indiquer que celles-ci sont séparées des précédentes ou des s...".
tréma doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tréma, spelled T-R-É-M-A.
Definition
- 1Signe diacritique formé de deux points alignés horizontalement ‹ ◌̈ ›, qui se place au-dessus de diverses voyelles (e, i, o, u, y) pour indiquer que celles-ci sont séparées des précédentes ou des suivantes dans le découpage syllabique et donc la prononciation.
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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Using “tréma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-R-É-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tʁe.ma\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.