triennal
\tʁi.ɛ.nal\
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
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui dure trois ans.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | triennal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁi.ɛ.nal\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “triennal” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around triennal (IPA \tʁi.ɛ.nal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,926 among 164,488 “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
- 1Qui dure trois ans.
- 2Qui est élu ou qui est nommé pour trois ans.
- 3Qui revient tous les trois ans, qui s’exerce tous les trois ans.
- 4Qui exerce sa charge tous les trois ans.
- 5Qui se produit en moyenne tous les trois ans.
- 6Qualifie 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
This word in other languages
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.
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 “triennal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-R-I-E-N-N-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tʁi.ɛ.nal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tribunal” - see the side-by-side comparison. triennal vs tribunal
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.