triennal

/\tʁi.ɛ.nal\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,926

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

triennal is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui dure trois ans. Pronounced \tʁi.ɛ.nal\. Often confused with tribunal.

Key facts for triennal
PropertyValue
Headwordtriennal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\tʁi.ɛ.nal\
Letters8
Frequency rank#45,926
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of triennal in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for triennal is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁi.ɛ.nal\. Corpus data places it at rank #45,926 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for triennal, with forms such as "rtiennal", "tirennal", and "treinnal". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tribunal", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is triennal, spelled T-R-I-E-N-N-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui dure trois ans.
  2. 2
    Qui est élu ou qui est nommé pour trois ans.
  3. 3
    Qui revient tous les trois ans, qui s’exerce tous les trois ans.
  4. 4
    Qui exerce sa charge tous les trois ans.
  5. 5
    Qui se produit en moyenne tous les trois ans.
  6. 6
    Qualifie une rotation culturale, et l’assolement qui en découle, ou dans lequel trois cultures différentes se succèdent durant chaque année d'une période de trois ans.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtiennal,tirennal,treinnal,trienal,trienanl,triennall,triennla,trinenal,trriennal,ttriennal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for triennal

Misspelling Variants of "triennal"

rtiennal8tirennal8treinnal8trienal7trienanl8triennall9triennla8trinenal8
Misspelling Variants of "triennal"

Frequency rank: #45,926 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "triennal"?
"triennal" is spelled T-R-I-E-N-N-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁi.ɛ.nal\.
What does "triennal" mean?
As an adj, "triennal" means: Qui dure trois ans.
What words are commonly confused with "triennal"?
"triennal" is commonly confused with "tribunal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "triennal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "triennal" is \tʁi.ɛ.nal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "triennal" come from?
"triennal" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.