tricolor
The verdict
“tricolor” is uncommon French (frequency #99,718 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,718
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lori tricolore.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tricolor |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #99,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tricolor” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tricolor is uncommon French at frequency #99,718 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tricolor, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tricolor, spelled T-R-I-C-O-L-O-R.
Definition
- 1Lori tricolore.
- 2Variété d'amarante dont les feuilles passent de vert à vert-jaune puis à rouge.
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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Using “tricolor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-R-I-C-O-L-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.