trilobites
\tʁi.lɔ.bit\
The verdict
“trilobites” is uncommon French (frequency #87,224 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,224
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de trilobite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trilobites · trilobites · French
trilobites · rank #87,224 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,224
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH trilles
Nearest frequency peer: trilles (-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 “trilobites”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- transits
transits
12,782 corpus weight
- transposées
transposées
12,781 corpus weight
- trilles
trilles
12,778 corpus weight
- trilobites
trilobites
12,777 corpus weight
- témoigneront
témoigneront
12,775 corpus weight
- Ugine
Ugine
12,774 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “trilobites” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trilobites |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁi.lɔ.bit\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #87,224 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trilobites” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
trilobites is uncommon French at frequency #87,224 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁi.lɔ.bit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de trilobite.".
No misspelling variants are generated for trilobites in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 trilobites, spelled T-R-I-L-O-B-I-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de trilobite.
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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