triangulaire

\tʁi.jɑ̃.ɡy.lɛʁ\

/\tʁi.jɑ̃.ɡy.lɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“triangulaire” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,254. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,254
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a trois angles, qui a la forme d’un triangle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-triangulaire · triangulaire · French

triangulaire · rank #16,254 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,254
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH travaillez

Nearest frequency peer: travaillez (-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 « triangulaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « triangulaire » 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).

triangulaire vs triangulaires
92% similar

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

Key facts for triangulaire
PropertyValue
Headwordtriangulaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʁi.jɑ̃.ɡy.lɛʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#16,254
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « triangulaire »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).triangulairese 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 « travaillez » (#16,253), « tripoli » (#16,255), « transversale » (#16,252). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « triangulaire » est au #16,254. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around triangulaire (IPA \tʁi.jɑ̃.ɡy.lɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,254 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for triangulaire, with forms such as "rtiangulaire", "tirangulaire", and "traingulaire". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "triangulaires", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is triangulaire, spelled T-R-I-A-N-G-U-L-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a trois angles, qui a la forme d’un triangle.
  2. 2
    Dont la base est un triangle.
  3. 3
    À trois éléments.
  4. 4
    [En parlant d’une élection] Qui se dispute entre trois candidats ou listes au second tour de scrutin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 2°- Les alluvions dites des hautes terrasses, formant une immense plate-forme triangulaire au relief largement étalé et dont les sommets seraient marqués par les villages de Franchevelle, La Chapelle-lès-Luxeuil et Froideconche.
  2. Je trouve ma nouvelle grand'voile triangulaire très facile à amener, […].

This word in other languages

triangular(English)dreieckig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtiangulaire
  • tirangulaire
  • traingulaire
  • triagnulaire
  • trianggulaire
  • triangluaire
  • triangualire
  • triangulaier
  • triangulairre
  • triangularie
  • trianguliare
  • triangullaire
  • trianngulaire
  • trianuglaire
  • trinagulaire
  • trriangulaire
  • ttriangulaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtiangulaire2tirangulaire2traingulaire2triagnulaire2trianggulaire1triangluaire2triangualire2triangulaier2
Edit distance from "triangulaire"

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 "triangulaire"?
"triangulaire" is spelled T-R-I-A-N-G-U-L-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁi.jɑ̃.ɡy.lɛʁ\.
What does "triangulaire" mean?
As an adjective, "triangulaire" means: Qui a trois angles, qui a la forme d’un triangle.
What words are commonly confused with "triangulaire"?
"triangulaire" is commonly confused with "triangulaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "triangulaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "triangulaire" is \tʁi.jɑ̃.ɡy.lɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "triangulaire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

transversale#16,252spécificités#16,241épouvantable#16,282aristocratie#16,297

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

éloignement17 variantsprojecteurs17 variantscharpentier17 variantsexpliquerait17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list