trend

\tʁɛnd\

/\tʁɛnd\/ noun

The verdict

“trend” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,625. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,625
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tendance ; évolution.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trend · trend · French

trend · rank #36,625 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,625
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH transcrire

Nearest frequency peer: transcrire (-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 « trend »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « trend » 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).

trend vs très
40% similar
trend vs tron
60% similar
trend vs trône
60% similar

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

Key facts for trend
PropertyValue
Headwordtrend
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɛnd\
Letters5
Frequency rank#36,625
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « trend »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).trendse 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 « transcrire » (#36,624), « truth » (#36,626), « Trajan » (#36,623). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trend » est au #36,625. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around trend (IPA \tʁɛnd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,625 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tendance ; évolution.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for trend, with forms such as "rtend", "ternd", and "tredn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "très", "tron", "trône", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is trend, spelled T-R-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tendance ; évolution.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C'est ainsi que la quasi-totalité des prix des grands produits industriels connaissent au XIXᵉ siècle un trend orienté à la baisse. Dans la sidérurgie française par exemple, les « fers et aciers ouvrés » passent de l’indice 100 en 1850 à l’indice 72 en 1911.
  2. Certes, il ne faut pas oublier que des facteurs essentiels, tels les activités édilitaires de construction, les aménagements portuaires et les privilèges fiscaux, expliquent une grande part de l'immigration à Livourne, et que des facteurs exogènes favorisèrent également un trend démographique positif dans la ville nouvelle, comme l'arrivée des Nordiques (…

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtend
  • ternd
  • tredn
  • trendd
  • trennd
  • trned
  • trrend
  • ttrend

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtend2ternd2tredn2trendd1trennd1trned2trrend1ttrend1
Edit distance from "trend"

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 "trend"?
"trend" is spelled T-R-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɛnd\.
What does "trend" mean?
As a noun, "trend" means: Tendance ; évolution.
What words are commonly confused with "trend"?
"trend" is commonly confused with "très", "tron", "trône". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trend" is \tʁɛnd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trend" come from?
"trend" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list