triage

\tʁi.jaʒ\

/\tʁi.jaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“triage” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,515. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,515
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de trier, de choisir ou résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-triage · triage · French

triage · rank #25,515 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,515
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH travées

Nearest frequency peer: travées (-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 « triage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « triage » 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).

triage vs trie
67% similar
triage vs trial
67% similar
triage vs trias
67% similar

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

Key facts for triage
PropertyValue
Headwordtriage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁi.jaʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,515
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « triage »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « travées » (#25,514), « trouverons » (#25,516), « travailleuses » (#25,513). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « triage » est au #25,515. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around triage (IPA \tʁi.jaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,515 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for triage, with forms such as "rtiage", "traige", and "triaeg". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "trie", "trial", "trias", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is triage, spelled T-R-I-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de trier, de choisir ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Action de trier, de choisir ou résultat de cette action.
  3. 3
    Action de trier, de choisir ou résultat de cette action.
  4. 4
    Triage médical, consistant, en cas de situation à multiples victimes (guerre, catastrophe, pandémie), de déterminer le degré de gravité des atteintes aux personnes et la priorité dans les soins à accorder, ainsi que celle des éventuelles évacuations vers d'autres structures de soins.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il fait un triage, un intelligent ; il ramasse, comme un avare un trésor, ordures qui, remâchées par la divinité de l’Industrie, deviendront des objets d’utilité ou de jouissance.
  2. Le triage a pour but de séparer par qualités les différentes parties de la toison, […].

This word in other languages

triage(English)triaje(Español)Rangieren(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtiage
  • traige
  • triaeg
  • triagge
  • trigae
  • trriage
  • ttriage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtiage2traige2triaeg2triagge1trigae2trriage1ttriage1
Edit distance from "triage"

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 "triage"?
"triage" is spelled T-R-I-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁi.jaʒ\.
What does "triage" mean?
As a noun, "triage" means: Action de trier, de choisir ou résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "triage"?
"triage" is commonly confused with "trie", "trial", "trias". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "triage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "triage" is \tʁi.jaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "triage" come from?
"triage" 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 "triage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

unifié#25,520wilaya#25,525sphinx#25,500savane#25,495

Similar misspelling depth

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

talus7 variantssalés7 variantsrêvée7 variantsAmand7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list