tresse
\tʁɛs\
The verdict
“tresse” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,847. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,847
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Assemblage de petits cordons, de fils, de cheveux, etc. entrelacés.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tresse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁɛs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #30,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tresse” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around tresse (IPA \tʁɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,847 among 164,488 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tresse, with forms such as "rtesse", "tersse", and "trese". 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, "trêve", "triste", "tueuse", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 tresse, spelled T-R-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Assemblage de petits cordons, de fils, de cheveux, etc. entrelacés.
- 2Natte ; mèche de cheveux tressée.
- 3Spécialité de pain au beurre composée de deux ou trois boudins de pâte tressés.
- 4Partie du bas de ligne située entre la soie et la queue-de-rat, constituée de fils tressés.
- 5Réunion de brins deux à deux disjoints.
- 6Travail de vannerie.
- 7Pain brioché sucré fait en tordant ensemble deux bandes de pâte.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtesse
- tersse
- trese
- treses
- trresse
- trsese
- ttresse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tresse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “tresse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-R-E-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tʁɛs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “trêve” - see the side-by-side comparison. tresse vs trêve
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.