trident

\tʁi.dɑ̃\

/\tʁi.dɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“trident” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,314. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,314
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fourche à trois dents, à trois pointes, que les poètes et les peintres donnent pour sceptre à Neptune.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trident · trident · French

trident · rank #35,314 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,314
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tribord

Nearest frequency peer: tribord (-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 « trident »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « trident » 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).

trident vs tient
71% similar
trident vs Trent
57% similar
trident vs tirent
71% similar

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

Key facts for trident
PropertyValue
Headwordtrident
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁi.dɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,314
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « trident »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tridentse 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 « tribord » (#35,313), « troller » (#35,315), « tribales » (#35,312). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trident » est au #35,314. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around trident (IPA \tʁi.dɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,314 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for trident, with forms such as "rtident", "tirdent", and "trdient". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "tient", "Trent", "tirent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is trident, spelled T-R-I-D-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fourche à trois dents, à trois pointes, que les poètes et les peintres donnent pour sceptre à Neptune.
  2. 2
    Simple fourche à trois dents pour manipuler les foins.
  3. 3
    Harpon à trois pointes, avec laquelle on perce les poissons qu’on voit au fond de l’eau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des hommes, armés, comme Neptune, d'une sorte de trident appelé vulgairement fichouire, se mettent dans la mer jusqu'à la ceinture ; […].
  2. Le père Jourgeot sentit dans les muscles de ses bras une force herculéenne et leva le trident. Mais de nouveau la vision de la cour d’assises lui passa devant les yeux et son bras ne se détendit point pour l’œuvre vengeresse […].

Synonyms

fuscine

This word in other languages

trident(English)tridente(Español)Dreizack(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtident
  • tirdent
  • trdient
  • triddent
  • tridennt
  • tridentt
  • tridetn
  • tridnet
  • triednt
  • trrident
  • ttrident

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trident - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

rtident2tirdent2trdient2triddent1tridennt1tridentt1tridetn2tridnet2
Edit distance from "trident"

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 "trident"?
"trident" is spelled T-R-I-D-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁi.dɑ̃\.
What does "trident" mean?
As a noun, "trident" means: Fourche à trois dents, à trois pointes, que les poètes et les peintres donnent pour sceptre à Neptune.
What words are commonly confused with "trident"?
"trident" is commonly confused with "tient", "Trent", "tirent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trident"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trident" is \tʁi.dɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trident" come from?
"trident" 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 "trident", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

tribord#35,313troller#35,315tierces#35,309threads#35,306

Similar misspelling depth

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

suicidée11 variantsstimulé11 variantssortirai11 variantsévanouit11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list