trier

\tʁi.je\

/\tʁi.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“trier” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,528. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,528
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Séparer ce que l'on souhaite garder et ce que l'on souhaite jeter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trier · trier · French

trier · rank #15,528 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,528
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Travis

Nearest frequency peer: Travis (-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 « trier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « trier » 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).

trier vs tuer
60% similar
trier vs trio
60% similar
trier vs trip
60% similar

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

Key facts for trier
PropertyValue
Headwordtrier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁi.je\
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,528
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « trier »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.trierse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Travis » (#15,527), « TS » (#15,529), « transportés » (#15,526). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trier » est au #15,528. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around trier (IPA \tʁi.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,528 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for trier, with forms such as "rtier", "treir", and "trierr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tuer", "trio", "trip", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is trier, spelled T-R-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Séparer ce que l'on souhaite garder et ce que l'on souhaite jeter.
  2. 2
    Choisir dans un ensemble, séparer du reste, répartir suivant la qualité, le genre, etc.
  3. 3
    (notamment dans le domaine de l’informatique) Classer, ranger selon un ordre déterminé, alphabétique, numérique, par numéro, par date…

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Trier des pois, des lentilles.
  2. Les deux sœurs, au surplus, […] lui jetaient les pois ou les lentilles dans la cendre pour qu’elle eût à rester là encore à les trier une fois de plus.

Synonyms

sélectionnerrangerordonnerclasser

This word in other languages

sort(English)escoger(Español)ordnen(Deutsch)classificar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtier
  • treir
  • trierr
  • trire
  • trrier
  • ttrier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trier - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

rtier2treir2trierr1trire2trrier1ttrier1
Edit distance from "trier"

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 "trier"?
"trier" is spelled T-R-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁi.je\.
What does "trier" mean?
As a verb, "trier" means: Séparer ce que l'on souhaite garder et ce que l'on souhaite jeter.
What words are commonly confused with "trier"?
"trier" is commonly confused with "tuer", "trio", "trip". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trier" is \tʁi.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trier" come from?
"trier" 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 "trier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vante#15,531terra#15,523water#15,539again#15,557

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

taré6 variantsalpin6 variantsbuter6 variantsnavy6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list