très

\tʁɛ\

/\tʁɛ\/ adv

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The verdict

“très” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #78. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#78
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beaucoup, au plus haut point (devant un adjectif ou un adverbe).

Corpus desk

Index FR-tres · très · French

très · rank #78 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #78
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH suis

Nearest frequency peer: suis (-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 « très »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « très » 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).

très vs TS
0% similar
très vs tué
25% similar
très vs tri
50% similar

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

Key facts for très
PropertyValue
Headwordtrès
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\tʁɛ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#78
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « très »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).trèsse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « suis » (#77), « tous » (#79), « après » (#76). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « très » est au #78. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around très (IPA \tʁɛ\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #78 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Beaucoup, au plus haut point (devant un adjectif ou un adverbe).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for très, with forms such as "rtès", "tres", and "trrès". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TS", "tué", "tri", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is très, spelled T-R-È-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Beaucoup, au plus haut point (devant un adjectif ou un adverbe).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lorsque dans une armée le besoin de récompenses se fait très vivement sentir, on peut affirmer que sa valeur est en baisse.
  2. Il avait été entendu entre maman et moi que si j’étais heureuse je lui écrirais : « Ici je suis très heureuse », en soulignant « très ». Et seulement « Je suis heureuse » si je ne l’étais pas.

This word in other languages

very(English)muy(Español)ganz(Deutsch)muito(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtès
  • tres
  • trrès
  • trsè
  • trèss
  • ttrès
  • tèrs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of très - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

rtès2tres1trrès1trsè2trèss1ttrès1tèrs2
Edit distance from "très"

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 "très"?
"très" is spelled T-R-È-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɛ\.
What does "très" mean?
As an adverb, "très" means: Beaucoup, au plus haut point (devant un adjectif ou un adverbe).
What words are commonly confused with "très"?
"très" is commonly confused with "TS", "tué", "tri". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "très"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "très" is \tʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "très" come from?
"très" 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 "très", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

suis#77tous#79sans#80leur#72

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

quand7 variantsalors7 variantsétait7 variantsmonde7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list