trilobite
\tʁi.lɔ.bit\
The verdict
“trilobite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Crustacé de l’époque primaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trilobite · trilobite · French
trilobite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trilobite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁi.lɔ.bit\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « trilobite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
trilobite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁi.lɔ.bit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Crustacé de l’époque primaire.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for trilobite in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is trilobite, spelled T-R-I-L-O-B-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Crustacé de l’époque primaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trilobite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De gros crustacés à l’aspect de « cochons de saint Antoine » (cloportes), divisés de la tête à la queue en trois lobes, et aussi en trois lobes de la gauche à la droite, et que, pour cette double raison, on nomme des Trilobites, erraient aux alentours des rivages primitifs ; […].
Les faunes « de type Burgess » sont réputées pour leur diversité tout à fait extraordinaire et pour avoir livré, aux côtés d'organismes qui nous sont relativement familiers (échinodermes, mollusques, trilobites), de très nombreux restes de créatures beaucoup plus étranges, particulièrement difficiles à classer dans les groupes « traditionnels ».
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.