tremper

\tʁɑ̃.pe\

/\tʁɑ̃.pe\/ verb

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The verdict

“tremper” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,876. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,876
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mouiller une chose en la mettant dans quelque liquide.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tremper · tremper · French

tremper · rank #20,876 · 11 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,876
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH transat

Nearest frequency peer: transat (-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 « tremper »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tremper » 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).

tremper vs trompé
57% similar
tremper vs tromper
86% similar
tremper vs trompée
57% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tremper »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tremperse 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 « transat » (#20,875), « tulle » (#20,877), « traitait » (#20,874). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tremper » est au #20,876. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around tremper (IPA \tʁɑ̃.pe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,876 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for tremper, with forms such as "rtemper", "termper", and "tremepr". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "trompé", "tromper", "trompée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tremper, spelled T-R-E-M-P-E-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il leur suffisait de tremper le bout des doigts dans une pipe de cidre ou une cuvée de vin pour changer cidre et vin en bouse liquide ; […].
  2. Je me rappelai le vol dans le fameux « pot au noir », le long de la côte de l’Amérique du Sud, où je fus obligé de raser les flots jusqu’à tremper les roues du Nungesser-Coli dans la crête d’une haute vague.

This word in other languages

dip(English)mojar(Español)eintauchen(Deutsch)embeber(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtemper
  • termper
  • tremepr
  • tremmper
  • tremperr
  • trempper
  • trempre
  • trepmer
  • trmeper
  • trremper
  • ttremper

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtemper2termper2tremepr2tremmper1tremperr1trempper1trempre2trepmer2
Edit distance from "tremper"

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 "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

transat#20,875totales#20,870verbaux#20,885écoulée#20,894

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

traitait11 variantsvisionner11 variantsviticole11 variantsécureuil11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list