tribadisme
\tʁi.ba.dism\
The verdict
“tribadisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pratique sexuelle lesbienne qui consiste à se frotter le sexe l’un contre l’autre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tribadisme · tribadisme · French
tribadisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tribadisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁi.ba.dism\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tribadisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁi.ba.dism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for tribadisme in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tribadisme, spelled T-R-I-B-A-D-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Pratique sexuelle lesbienne qui consiste à se frotter le sexe l’un contre l’autre.
- 2Homosexualité féminine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tribadisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfin, « la prostitution publique » risque de conduire au comble de l’abjection, c’est à dire le tribadisme.
Entre les lèvres de ce con rose frétillait un clitoris assez long qui prouvait ses habitudes de tribadisme.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.