tricoteuse
\tʁi.kɔ.tøz\
The verdict
“tricoteuse” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Femme qui tricote.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tricoteuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁi.kɔ.tøz\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tricoteuse” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tricoteuse is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁi.kɔ.tøz\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for tricoteuse in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tricoteuse, spelled T-R-I-C-O-T-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Femme qui tricote.
- 2S’est dit, pendant la Révolution, des femmes du peuple qui assistaient aux séances de la Convention, des assemblées populaires, du tribunal révolutionnaire en apportant leur ouvrage de tricot.
- 3Celle qui fait des déplacements, des mouvements rapides.
- 4Celle qui fait des associations de notes de musiques, d’idées, de mots qui semblent construits, structurés et réguliers comme un tricot.
- 5Métier à tricoter.
- 6Petite table à ouvrage munie d’un rebord.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tricoteuse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-R-I-C-O-T-E-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tʁi.kɔ.tøz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.