trinquer

/\tʁɛ̃.ke\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#44,239

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

trinquer is aFrenchverb. It means: Boire en choquant, cognant les verres en signe de joie, pour marquer son amitié ou pour faire un vœu. Pronounced \tʁɛ̃.ke\. Often confused with trique and tronqué.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of trinquer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for trinquer is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁɛ̃.ke\. Corpus data places it at rank #44,239 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for trinquer, with forms such as "rtinquer", "tirnquer", and "trinnquer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "trique", "tronqué", "troquer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is trinquer, spelled T-R-I-N-Q-U-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtinquer,tirnquer,trinnquer,trinqeur,trinqquer,trinquerr,trinqure,trinuqer,triqnuer,trniquer,trrinquer,ttrinquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for trinquer

Misspelling Variants of "trinquer"

rtinquer8tirnquer8trinnquer9trinqeur8trinqquer9trinquerr9trinqure8trinuqer8
Misspelling Variants of "trinquer"

Frequency rank: #44,239 in French

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.