triangulation
\tʁi.jɑ̃.ɡy.la.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“triangulation” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,660. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,660
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de faire les opérations trigonométriques nécessaires pour lever le plan d’un terrain ou résultat de cette action.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | triangulation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁi.jɑ̃.ɡy.la.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #47,660 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “triangulation” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around triangulation (IPA \tʁi.jɑ̃.ɡy.la.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,660 among 164,488 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de faire les opérations trigonométriques nécessaires pour lever le plan d’un terrain ou résultat de cette action.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for triangulation, with forms such as "rtiangulation", "tirangulation", and "traingulation". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is triangulation, spelled T-R-I-A-N-G-U-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de faire les opérations trigonométriques nécessaires pour lever le plan d’un terrain ou résultat de cette action.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtiangulation
- tirangulation
- traingulation
- triagnulation
- trianggulation
- triangluation
- triangualtion
- triangulaiton
- triangulatino
- triangulationn
- triangulatoin
- triangulattion
- triangullation
- triangultaion
- trianngulation
- trianuglation
- trinagulation
- trriangulation
- ttriangulation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of triangulation - 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.
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 “triangulation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-R-I-A-N-G-U-L-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tʁi.jɑ̃.ɡy.la.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.