tricher

\tʁi.ʃe\

/\tʁi.ʃe\/ verb

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The verdict

“tricher” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,840. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,840
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tromper au jeu par de petites manœuvres frauduleuses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tricher · tricher · French

tricher · rank #17,840 · 11 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,840
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH touchait

Nearest frequency peer: touchait (-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 « tricher »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tricher » 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).

tricher vs trier
71% similar
tricher vs tripler
71% similar
tricher vs trigger
71% similar

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

Key facts for tricher
PropertyValue
Headwordtricher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁi.ʃe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,840
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tricher »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tricherse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « touchait » (#17,839), « troublant » (#17,841), « trust » (#17,842). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tricher » est au #17,840. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around tricher (IPA \tʁi.ʃe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,840 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for tricher, with forms such as "rticher", "tircher", and "trciher". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "trier", "tripler", "trigger", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tricher, spelled T-R-I-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tromper au jeu par de petites manœuvres frauduleuses.
  2. 2
    Tromper en quelque chose que ce soit, mais principalement en de petites choses et par des voies petites et basses.
  3. 3
    Rendre moins sensible, par un artifice, un défaut de symétrie, de régularité.
  4. 4
    Tromper par tricherie.
  5. 5
    Enfreindre par tricherie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Prenez garde, il triche.
  2. On l’a surpris à tricher.

Synonyms

cheater

This word in other languages

cheat(English)engañar(Español)enganar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rticher
  • tircher
  • trciher
  • triccher
  • tricehr
  • tricherr
  • trichher
  • trichre
  • trihcer
  • trricher
  • ttricher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rticher2tircher2trciher2triccher1tricehr2tricherr1trichher1trichre2
Edit distance from "tricher"

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 "tricher"?
"tricher" is spelled T-R-I-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁi.ʃe\.
What does "tricher" mean?
As a verb, "tricher" means: Tromper au jeu par de petites manœuvres frauduleuses.
What words are commonly confused with "tricher"?
"tricher" is commonly confused with "trier", "tripler", "trigger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tricher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tricher" is \tʁi.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tricher" come from?
"tricher" 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 "tricher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

versets#17,844voilier#17,845volcans#17,846studies#17,829

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

touchait11 variantsalentour11 variantssacrées11 variantspipeline11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list