tremblement de terre
\tʁɑ̃.blə.mɑ̃ də tɛʁ\
The verdict
“tremblement de terre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Secousse qui ébranle violemment la terre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tremblement-de-terre · tremblement de terre · French
tremblement de terre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| 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) |
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tremblement de terre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁɑ̃.blə.mɑ̃ də tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tremblement de terre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un violent tremblement de terre venait d’ébranler cette portion du continent américain.
Sinistres aspects où je trouve un ressouvenir de ce que fut Messine détruite par un tremblement de terre !
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.