treuil

\tʁœj\

/\tʁœj\/ noun

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The verdict

“treuil” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,584. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,584
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil de levage ou de tirage formé d’un cylindre horizontal appelé tambour, tournant sur un axe et qui assure l'enroulement libre du câble. Le treuil peut être, comme le treuil de halage, entraî...

Corpus desk

Index FR-treuil · treuil · French

treuil · rank #38,584 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,584
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH trentième

Nearest frequency peer: trentième (-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 « treuil »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « treuil » 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).

treuil vs truie
67% similar
treuil vs trail
67% similar

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

Key facts for treuil
PropertyValue
Headwordtreuil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁœj\
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,584
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « treuil »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.treuilse 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 « trentième » (#38,583), « trembles » (#38,582), « tubercules » (#38,586). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « treuil » est au #38,584. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around treuil (IPA \tʁœj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,584 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for treuil, with forms such as "rteuil", "teruil", and "treiul". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "truie", "trail", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is treuil, spelled T-R-E-U-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Appareil de levage ou de tirage formé d’un cylindre horizontal appelé tambour, tournant sur un axe et qui assure l'enroulement libre du câble. Le treuil peut être, comme le treuil de halage, entraîné manuellement par une manivelle et un pignon qui engrène directement sur une grande couronne dentée associée au tambour, ou actionné par un moteur à vapeur, thermique ou électrique.
  2. 2
    Pressoir à raisins.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. …on monte ce châssis à l’aide d’un treuil disposé à cet effet, et on le fait passer dans l'appareil.
  2. Un embrayage à roue libre, combiné avec un enclenchement à clabots relie l’arbre du frein auxiliaire à l’arbre principal du treuil.

Synonyms

winch

This word in other languages

winch(English)cabrestante(Español)Winde(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rteuil
  • teruil
  • treiul
  • treuill
  • treuli
  • trreuil
  • trueil
  • ttreuil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of treuil - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

rteuil2teruil2treiul2treuill1treuli2trreuil1trueil2ttreuil1
Edit distance from "treuil"

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 "treuil"?
"treuil" is spelled T-R-E-U-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁœj\.
What does "treuil" mean?
As a noun, "treuil" means: Appareil de levage ou de tirage formé d’un cylindre horizontal appelé tambour, tournant sur un axe et qui assure l'enroulement libre du câble. Le treuil peut être, comme le treuil de halage, entraî...
What words are commonly confused with "treuil"?
"treuil" is commonly confused with "truie", "trail". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "treuil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "treuil" is \tʁœj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "treuil" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

usuels#38,590toupie#38,575épater#38,616Épinal#38,617

Similar misspelling depth

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

adossée8 variantsSongs8 variantsadroit8 variantsshelly8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list