tribunes

\tʁi.byn\

/\tʁi.byn\/ noun

The verdict

“tribunes” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,870. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,870
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de tribune.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tribunes · tribunes · French

tribunes · rank #11,870 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,870
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tracer

Nearest frequency peer: tracer (-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 « tribunes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tribunes » 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).

tribunes vs tribus
75% similar
tribunes vs tribun
75% similar
tribunes vs tribune
88% similar

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

Key facts for tribunes
PropertyValue
Headwordtribunes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁi.byn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,870
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tribunes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tribunesse 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 « tracer » (#11,869), « tronche » (#11,871), « sécuriser » (#11,868). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tribunes » est au #11,870. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around tribunes (IPA \tʁi.byn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,870 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de tribune.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for tribunes, with forms such as "rtibunes", "tirbunes", and "trbiunes". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "tribus", "tribun", "tribune", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tribunes, spelled T-R-I-B-U-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de tribune.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Des tribunes, un pavillon pour le jury, des palissades et des bocks à trente centimes, voilà plus qu’il n’en faut pour assurer la réussite d’une réunion, surtout quand le soleil daigne se vélophiliser un brin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtibunes
  • tirbunes
  • trbiunes
  • tribbunes
  • tribnues
  • tribuens
  • tribuness
  • tribunnes
  • tribunse
  • triubnes
  • trribunes
  • ttribunes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtibunes2tirbunes2trbiunes2tribbunes1tribnues2tribuens2tribuness1tribunnes1
Edit distance from "tribunes"

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 "tribunes"?
"tribunes" is spelled T-R-I-B-U-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁi.byn\.
What does "tribunes" mean?
As a noun, "tribunes" means: Pluriel de tribune.
What words are commonly confused with "tribunes"?
"tribunes" is commonly confused with "tribus", "tribun", "tribune". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tribunes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tribunes" is \tʁi.byn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tribunes" come from?
"tribunes" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list