tremblement de terre
\tʁɑ̃.blə.mɑ̃ də tɛʁ\
The verdict
“tremblement de terre” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Secousse qui ébranle violemment la terre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tremblement de terre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁɑ̃.blə.mɑ̃ də tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tremblement de terre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tremblement de terre is 20 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁɑ̃.blə.mɑ̃ də tɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Secousse qui ébranle violemment la terre.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tremblement de terre, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tremblement de terre, spelled T-R-E-M-B-L-E-M-E-N-T- -D-E- -T-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Secousse qui ébranle violemment la terre.
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- The one correct French spelling is T-R-E-M-B-L-E-M-E-N-T- -D-E- -T-E-R-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.