tricky
\ˈtɹɪk.i\
The verdict
“tricky” is uncommon French (frequency #70,285 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,285
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Compliqué.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tricky · tricky · French
tricky · rank #70,285 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,285
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH traqueurs
Nearest frequency peer: traqueurs (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « tricky »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- transposant
transposant
29,719 corpus weight
- transsibéri…
transsibérien
29,718 corpus weight
- traqueurs
traqueurs
29,717 corpus weight
- tricky
tricky
29,716 corpus weight
- triviales
triviales
29,715 corpus weight
- tropisme
tropisme
29,714 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tricky » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tricky |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈtɹɪk.i\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,285 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tricky » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tricky is uncommon French at frequency #70,285 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈtɹɪk.i\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tricky doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 tricky, spelled T-R-I-C-K-Y.
Definition
- 1Compliqué.
- 2Rusé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tricky appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They were in a tricky situation.
A tricky salesman can sell anything.
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.
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