tremblement

\tʁɑ̃.blə.mɑ̃\

/\tʁɑ̃.blə.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“tremblement” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,092. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,092
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agitation de ce qui tremble.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tremblement · tremblement · French

tremblement · rank #10,092 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,092
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH transporté

Nearest frequency peer: transporté (-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 « tremblement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tremblement » 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).

tremblement vs tremblent
82% similar
tremblement vs tremblements
92% similar

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

Key facts for tremblement
PropertyValue
Headwordtremblement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɑ̃.blə.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#10,092
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tremblement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tremblementse 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 « transporté » (#10,091), « Troll » (#10,093), « trahi » (#10,090). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tremblement » est au #10,092. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around tremblement (IPA \tʁɑ̃.blə.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,092 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for tremblement, with forms such as "rtemblement", "termblement", and "trebmlement". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "tremblent", "tremblements", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tremblement, spelled T-R-E-M-B-L-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Agitation de ce qui tremble.
  2. 2
    Grande crainte.
  3. 3
    Vibrations aéroélastiques, irrégulières et de basse fréquence, affectant la cellule d’un avion.
  4. 4
    Trille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y avait un tremblement involontaire dans la voix de cette noble femme et une expression de tendresse dans son accent qui peut-être eût trahi ce qu’elle ne voulait pas exprimer.
  2. Le prieur. – S’il faut parler franchement, j’ai trouvé le sermon trop beau ; j’ai prêché quelquefois, et je n’ai jamais tiré grande gloire du tremblement des vitres ; mais une petite larme sur la joue d’un brave homme m’a toujours été d’un grand prix.

Synonyms

buffetingbuffêtement

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtemblement
  • termblement
  • trebmlement
  • trembblement
  • trembelment
  • trembleemnt
  • tremblemennt
  • tremblementt
  • tremblemetn
  • tremblemment
  • tremblemnet
  • trembllement
  • tremblmeent
  • tremlbement
  • tremmblement
  • trmeblement
  • trremblement
  • ttremblement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtemblement2termblement2trebmlement2trembblement1trembelment2trembleemnt2tremblemennt1tremblementt1
Edit distance from "tremblement"

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 "tremblement"?
"tremblement" is spelled T-R-E-M-B-L-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃.blə.mɑ̃\.
What does "tremblement" mean?
As a noun, "tremblement" means: Agitation de ce qui tremble.
What words are commonly confused with "tremblement"?
"tremblement" is commonly confused with "tremblent", "tremblements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tremblement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tremblement" is \tʁɑ̃.blə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tremblement" come from?
"tremblement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list