trembler

\tʁɑ̃.ble\

/\tʁɑ̃.ble\/ verb

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The verdict

“trembler” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,880. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,880
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être agité de petites et fréquentes secousses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trembler · trembler · French

trembler · rank #12,880 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,880
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH trahir

Nearest frequency peer: trahir (-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 « trembler »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « trembler » 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).

trembler vs tremper
75% similar
trembler vs troubler
75% similar
trembler vs trembles
88% similar

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

Key facts for trembler
PropertyValue
Headwordtrembler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁɑ̃.ble\
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,880
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « trembler »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tremblerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « trahir » (#12,879), « trésorier » (#12,881), « torrent » (#12,878). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trembler » est au #12,880. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around trembler (IPA \tʁɑ̃.ble\), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,880 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for trembler, with forms such as "rtembler", "termbler", and "trebmler". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "tremper", "troubler", "trembles", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is trembler, spelled T-R-E-M-B-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être agité de petites et fréquentes secousses.
  2. 2
    Craindre, appréhender, avoir grand peur.
  3. 3
    Triller.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On ne voyait pas les tramways. […]. Pourtant les quais où ils roulaient, avec des piaulements plaintifs, n’étaient guère éloignés, car la rue, quelquefois, tremblait à leur passage […].
  2. Lorsque Bishop revint et posa un gobelet fumant devant elle, Anise referma les mains dessus pour se réchauffer ; il faisait trente-cinq degrés à l'ombre, et pourtant elle tremblait de froid.

This word in other languages

quiver(English)temblar(Español)zittern(Deutsch)tiritar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtembler
  • termbler
  • trebmler
  • trembbler
  • trembelr
  • tremblerr
  • trembller
  • tremblre
  • tremlber
  • tremmbler
  • trmebler
  • trrembler
  • ttrembler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trembler - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

rtembler2termbler2trebmler2trembbler1trembelr2tremblerr1trembller1tremblre2
Edit distance from "trembler"

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 "trembler"?
"trembler" is spelled T-R-E-M-B-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃.ble\.
What does "trembler" mean?
As a verb, "trembler" means: Être agité de petites et fréquentes secousses.
What words are commonly confused with "trembler"?
"trembler" is commonly confused with "tremper", "troubler", "trembles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trembler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trembler" is \tʁɑ̃.ble\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trembler" come from?
"trembler" 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 "trembler", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

éloignée#12,889récidive#12,859royaumes#12,856retomber#12,854

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

serviettes13 variantsaraignées13 variantsatteignant13 variantsredevance13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list