tremper

/\tʁɑ̃.pe\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,876

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

tremper is aFrenchverb. It means: Mouiller une chose en la mettant dans quelque liquide. Pronounced \tʁɑ̃.pe\. Often confused with trompé and tromper.

Key facts for tremper
PropertyValue
Headwordtremper
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁɑ̃.pe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,876
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tremper in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for tremper is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁɑ̃.pe\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,876 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for tremper, with forms such as "rtemper", "termper", and "tremepr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "trompé", "tromper", "trompée", and more, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is tremper, spelled T-R-E-M-P-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mouiller une chose en la mettant dans quelque liquide.
  2. 2
    Imbiber d’un liquide.
  3. 3
    Diluer. Imbiber d’eau, humecter.
  4. 4
    Plonger du fer surchauffé dans un liquide froid pour le rendre dur et élastique.
  5. 5
    Rendre ferme, fort.
  6. 6
    Demeurer quelque temps dans l’eau ou dans un autre liquide.
  7. 7
    Se mêler d’une affaire douteuse, en être complice.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtemper,termper,tremepr,tremmper,tremperr,trempper,trempre,trepmer,trmeper,trremper,ttremper

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tremper

Misspelling Variants of "tremper"

rtemper7termper7tremepr7tremmper8tremperr8trempper8trempre7trepmer7
Misspelling Variants of "tremper"

Frequency rank: #20,876 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tremper"?
"tremper" is spelled T-R-E-M-P-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃.pe\.
What does "tremper" mean?
As a verb, "tremper" means: Mouiller une chose en la mettant dans quelque liquide.
What words are commonly confused with "tremper"?
"tremper" is commonly confused with "trompé", "tromper", "trompée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tremper"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tremper" is \tʁɑ̃.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tremper" come from?
"tremper" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.