triennal

\tʁi.ɛ.nal\

/\tʁi.ɛ.nal\/ adj

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The verdict

“triennal” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,926. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,926
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui dure trois ans.

Corpus desk

Index FR-triennal · triennal · French

triennal · rank #45,926 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #45,926
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH transportaient

Nearest frequency peer: transportaient (-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 « triennal »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « triennal » 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).

triennal vs tribunal
75% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « triennal »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.triennalse 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 « transportaient » (#45,925), « Trouville » (#45,927), « transphobe » (#45,924). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « triennal » est au #45,926. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around triennal (IPA \tʁi.ɛ.nal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,926 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for triennal, with forms such as "rtiennal", "tirennal", and "treinnal". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tribunal", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is triennal, spelled T-R-I-E-N-N-A-L.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le suivi de la mise en œuvre de l'accord triennal est réalisé par la CPNE qui doit « consacrer chaque année, au moins une de ses réunions à l'examen des thèmes relatifs à la formation professionnelle » (art. 8-5 de l'ANI du 5 décembre 2003).
  2. Henri IV créa les offices triennaux en 1597, & il permit en 1601, aux anciens & alternatifs de rembourser les offices triennaux. En 1615 , Louis XIII rétablit de nouveau les offices triennaux. En 1645 , Louis XIV créa les offices quatriennaux.

Synonyms

trisannuel

This word in other languages

triennial(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtiennal
  • tirennal
  • treinnal
  • trienal
  • trienanl
  • triennall
  • triennla
  • trinenal
  • trriennal
  • ttriennal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of triennal - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

rtiennal2tirennal2treinnal2trienal1trienanl2triennall1triennla2trinenal2
Edit distance from "triennal"

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 "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 adjective, "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "triennal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

truquer10 variantsupgrade10 variantstigresse10 variantsvaudoise10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list