trigger

\tʁi.ɡœʁ\

/\tʁi.ɡœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“trigger” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,076. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,076
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Montage dont la sortie commute entre un état bas et un état haut quand l'entrée franchit une tension de commande.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trigger · trigger · French

trigger · rank #39,076 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,076
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH trentenaires

Nearest frequency peer: trentenaires (-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 « trigger »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « trigger » 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).

trigger vs tripler
71% similar
trigger vs trier
71% similar
trigger vs Tiger
57% similar

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

Key facts for trigger
PropertyValue
Headwordtrigger
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁi.ɡœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,076
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « trigger »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.triggerse 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 « trentenaires » (#39,075), « trouvions » (#39,077), « travée » (#39,074). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trigger » est au #39,076. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around trigger (IPA \tʁi.ɡœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,076 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for trigger, with forms such as "rtigger", "tirgger", and "trgiger". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "tripler", "trier", "Tiger", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is trigger, spelled T-R-I-G-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Montage dont la sortie commute entre un état bas et un état haut quand l'entrée franchit une tension de commande.
  2. 2
    Déclencheur : dispositif logiciel qui provoque un traitement particulier en fonction d’événements prédéfinis.
  3. 3
    Stimulus auditif, olfactif, visuel, tactile ou cognitif provoquant l’ASMR.

Synonyms

basculetrigger de Schmidtdéclencheurdéclencheur émotionnel

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtigger
  • tirgger
  • trgiger
  • trigegr
  • triger
  • triggerr
  • triggre
  • trrigger
  • ttrigger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtigger2tirgger2trgiger2trigegr2triger1triggerr1triggre2trrigger1
Edit distance from "trigger"

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 "trigger"?
"trigger" is spelled T-R-I-G-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁi.ɡœʁ\.
What does "trigger" mean?
As a noun, "trigger" means: Montage dont la sortie commute entre un état bas et un état haut quand l'entrée franchit une tension de commande.
What words are commonly confused with "trigger"?
"trigger" is commonly confused with "tripler", "trier", "Tiger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trigger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trigger" is \tʁi.ɡœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trigger" come from?
"trigger" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list