tribaux

\tʁi.bo\

/\tʁi.bo\/ adj

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The verdict

“tribaux” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,240. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,240
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de tribal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tribaux · tribaux · French

tribaux · rank #48,240 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,240
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH troublantes

Nearest frequency peer: troublantes (+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 « tribaux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tribaux » 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).

tribaux vs tribu
71% similar
tribaux vs tribus
71% similar
tribaux vs tribut
71% similar

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

Key facts for tribaux
PropertyValue
Headwordtribaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʁi.bo\
Letters7
Frequency rank#48,240
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tribaux »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tribauxse 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 « troublantes » (#48,241), « traçant » (#48,238), « Trévise » (#48,242). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tribaux » est au #48,240. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around tribaux (IPA \tʁi.bo\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,240 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de tribal.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tribaux, with forms such as "rtibaux", "tirbaux", and "trbiaux". 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. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "tribu", "tribus", "tribut", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tribaux, spelled T-R-I-B-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de tribal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Depuis l’effondrement de l’empire quiché toltéquisé de Kumarcaah, l’isthme n’est plus qu’un monde anarchique déchiré par d’interminables affrontements tribaux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtibaux
  • tirbaux
  • trbiaux
  • triabux
  • tribauxx
  • tribaxu
  • tribbaux
  • tribuax
  • trribaux
  • ttribaux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtibaux2tirbaux2trbiaux2triabux2tribauxx1tribaxu2tribbaux1tribuax2
Edit distance from "tribaux"

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 "tribaux"?
"tribaux" is spelled T-R-I-B-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁi.bo\.
What does "tribaux" mean?
As an adjective, "tribaux" means: Masculin pluriel de tribal.
What words are commonly confused with "tribaux"?
"tribaux" is commonly confused with "tribu", "tribus", "tribut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tribaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tribaux" is \tʁi.bo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tribaux" come from?
"tribaux" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

traçant#48,238Trévise#48,242tentais#48,224viguier#48,257

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

vivrais10 variantsépopées10 variantsabonnées10 variantsaffolant10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list