tribu

\tʁi.by\

/\tʁi.by\/ noun

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The verdict

“tribu” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,669. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,669
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Division du peuple, chez quelques nations anciennes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tribu · tribu · French

tribu · rank #6,669 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,669
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH traitant

Nearest frequency peer: traitant (-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 « tribu »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tribu » 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).

tribu vs trou
60% similar
tribu vs trio
60% similar
tribu vs trip
60% similar

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

Key facts for tribu
PropertyValue
Headwordtribu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁi.by\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,669
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tribu »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tribuse 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 « traitant » (#6,668), « urbanisme » (#6,670), « touchant » (#6,667). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tribu » est au #6,669. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tribu (IPA \tʁi.by\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,669 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tribu, with forms such as "rtibu", "tirbu", and "trbiu". 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, "trou", "trio", "trip", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tribu, spelled T-R-I-B-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Division du peuple, chez quelques nations anciennes.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des descendants d’un des douze fils de Jacob, dans le judaïsme.
  3. 3
    Peuplade relativement à une grande nation dont elle fait partie.
  4. 4
    Famille ; coterie ou groupe nombreux.
  5. 5
    Groupe de personnes qui ont une affinité ou une similitude.
  6. 6
    Division de la classification qui prend place entre la sous-famille et le genre.
  7. 7
    Famille de parties d’un ensemble donné, stable par passage au complémentaire et par union dénombrable.
  8. 8
    Corporation de métier, société

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le peuple d’Athènes, de Rome était divisé en tribus.
  2. Il a eu les suffrages de toutes les tribus.

Synonyms

hordeσ-algèbreguilde

This word in other languages

tribe(English)tribu(Español)Volksstamm(Deutsch)tribo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtibu
  • tirbu
  • trbiu
  • tribbu
  • triub
  • trribu
  • ttribu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tribu - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

rtibu2tirbu2trbiu2tribbu1triub2trribu1ttribu1
Edit distance from "tribu"

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 "tribu"?
"tribu" is spelled T-R-I-B-U. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁi.by\.
What does "tribu" mean?
As a noun, "tribu" means: Division du peuple, chez quelques nations anciennes.
What words are commonly confused with "tribu"?
"tribu" is commonly confused with "trou", "trio", "trip". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tribu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tribu" is \tʁi.by\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tribu" come from?
"tribu" 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 "tribu", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

bourg7 variantsChili7 variantsphare7 variantsorgane7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list