trilles

\tʁij\

/\tʁij\/ noun

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The verdict

“trilles” is uncommon French (frequency #87,223 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,223
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de trille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trilles · trilles · French

trilles · rank #87,223 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,223
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH trilobites

Nearest frequency peer: trilobites (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “trilles”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “trilles” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for trilles
PropertyValue
Headwordtrilles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁij\
Letters7
Frequency rank#87,223
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “trilles” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). trilles lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

trilles is uncommon French at frequency #87,223 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de trille.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for trilles, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is trilles, spelled T-R-I-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de trille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’était sur elles que venaient de se poser les doigts de la jeune femme, et voilà que des sons mélodieux avaient retenti, que n’avait jamais égalés, pour l’oreille du chien-loup, le murmure des vents dans les feuillées, ni l’harmonie de l’eau des cascades et des rapides, ni les trilles d’oiseaux à la saison printanière. — (James Oliver Curwood, Kazan, 191…

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trilles"?
"trilles" is spelled T-R-I-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁij\.
What does "trilles" mean?
As a noun, "trilles" means: Pluriel de trille.
How do you pronounce "trilles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trilles" is \tʁij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trilles" come from?
"trilles" 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 "trilles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list