tremblant

\tʁɑ̃.blɑ̃\

/\tʁɑ̃.blɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“tremblant” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,127. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,127
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-tremblant · tremblant · French

tremblant · rank #22,127 · 15 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,127
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH traumatismes

Nearest frequency peer: traumatismes (-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 « tremblant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tremblant » 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).

tremblant vs Tremblay
67% similar
tremblant vs troublant
78% similar
tremblant vs tremblent
89% similar

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

Key facts for tremblant
PropertyValue
Headwordtremblant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʁɑ̃.blɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#22,127
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tremblant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tremblantse 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 « traumatismes » (#22,126), « tétons » (#22,128), « transitions » (#22,125). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tremblant » est au #22,127. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around tremblant (IPA \tʁɑ̃.blɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,127 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui tremble.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for tremblant, with forms such as "rtemblant", "termblant", and "trebmlant". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Tremblay", "troublant", "tremblent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tremblant, spelled T-R-E-M-B-L-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui tremble.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Comment se fait-il que l’Alhambra de nougat conserve intactes ses délicates aiguilles et ne tombe pas en ruines, que la compote soit assez patiente pour ne pas s’évader à travers les barreaux de pâte de la tarte, que le saint-honoré tremblant et mollasse ne devienne pas une informe bouillie semblable à de la neige longtemps piétinée, que le godiveau, cont…
  2. On entendit alors un fracas de sauve-qui-peut, la porte fut ouverte, arrachée avec violence, et les trois hommes affolés, tremblants, hurlants, sanglotants, suffoqués et perdus d’effroi, se précipitèrent en avant…

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtemblant
  • termblant
  • trebmlant
  • trembalnt
  • trembblant
  • tremblannt
  • tremblantt
  • tremblatn
  • trembllant
  • tremblnat
  • tremlbant
  • tremmblant
  • trmeblant
  • trremblant
  • ttremblant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tremblant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

rtemblant2termblant2trebmlant2trembalnt2trembblant1tremblannt1tremblantt1tremblatn2
Edit distance from "tremblant"

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 "tremblant"?
"tremblant" is spelled T-R-E-M-B-L-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃.blɑ̃\.
What does "tremblant" mean?
As an adjective, "tremblant" means: Qui tremble.
What words are commonly confused with "tremblant"?
"tremblant" is commonly confused with "Tremblay", "troublant", "tremblent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tremblant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tremblant" is \tʁɑ̃.blɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tremblant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list