trinquer

\tʁɛ̃.ke\

/\tʁɛ̃.ke\/ verb

The verdict

“trinquer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,239. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,239
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Boire en choquant, cognant les verres en signe de joie, pour marquer son amitié ou pour faire un vœu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trinquer · trinquer · French

trinquer · rank #44,239 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,239
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tremblez

Nearest frequency peer: tremblez (-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 « trinquer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « trinquer » 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).

trinquer vs trique
75% similar
trinquer vs tronqué
63% similar
trinquer vs troquer
75% similar

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

Key facts for trinquer
PropertyValue
Headwordtrinquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁɛ̃.ke\
Letters8
Frequency rank#44,239
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « trinquer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).trinquerse 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 « tremblez » (#44,238), « turtle » (#44,240), « travestis » (#44,237). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trinquer » est au #44,239. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around trinquer (IPA \tʁɛ̃.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,239 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for trinquer, with forms such as "rtinquer", "tirnquer", and "trinnquer". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "trique", "tronqué", "troquer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is trinquer, spelled T-R-I-N-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Boire en choquant, cognant les verres en signe de joie, pour marquer son amitié ou pour faire un vœu.
  2. 2
    Subir un dommage, un désagrément.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les verres étant emplis l’on trinqua et l’on but, puis il y eut entre les deux hommes un assez long silence lourd de gêne.
  2. Je bois aux blondes, je bois aux brunes, et je ne vois pas pourquoi nous ne trinquerions pas à ta tante Picard qui en valait deux à elle seule.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtinquer
  • tirnquer
  • trinnquer
  • trinqeur
  • trinqquer
  • trinquerr
  • trinqure
  • trinuqer
  • triqnuer
  • trniquer
  • trrinquer
  • ttrinquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtinquer2tirnquer2trinnquer1trinqeur2trinqquer1trinquerr1trinqure2trinuqer2
Edit distance from "trinquer"

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 "trinquer"?
"trinquer" is spelled T-R-I-N-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɛ̃.ke\.
What does "trinquer" mean?
As a verb, "trinquer" means: Boire en choquant, cognant les verres en signe de joie, pour marquer son amitié ou pour faire un vœu.
What words are commonly confused with "trinquer"?
"trinquer" is commonly confused with "trique", "tronqué", "troquer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trinquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trinquer" is \tʁɛ̃.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trinquer" come from?
"trinquer" 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 "trinquer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list