trio

\tʁi.jo\

/\tʁi.jo\/ noun

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The verdict

“trio” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,410. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,410
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Morceau à trois parties, voix ou instruments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trio · trio · French

trio · rank #5,410 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,410
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tristesse

Nearest frequency peer: tristesse (+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 « trio »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « trio » 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).

trio vs two
50% similar
trio vs try
50% similar
trio vs tro
75% similar

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

Key facts for trio
PropertyValue
Headwordtrio
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁi.jo\
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,410
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « trio »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).triose place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tristesse » (#5,411), « traits » (#5,408), « tirs » (#5,407). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trio » est au #5,410. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around trio (IPA \tʁi.jo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,410 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for trio, with forms such as "rtio", "tiro", and "troi". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "two", "try", "tro", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is trio, spelled T-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Morceau à trois parties, voix ou instruments.
  2. 2
    Partie centrale du menuet, souvent jouée par les bois : clarinette, hautbois et basson.
  3. 3
    Groupe de trois chanteurs ou instrumentistes qui font les différentes parties d’un même morceau.
  4. 4
    Groupe de trois personnes.
  5. 5
    Ensemble formé de trois éléments.
  6. 6
    Pari hippique consistant à trouver les trois premiers chevaux d'une course, tiercé.
  7. 7
    Triolisme, groupe de trois personnes ayant des relations sexuelles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chanter, jouer, exécuter un trio.
  2. Ils proposent un programme qui réunit des œuvres d’Astor Piazzolla et des compositions originales du trio.

This word in other languages

trio(English)Trio(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtio
  • tiro
  • troi
  • trrio
  • ttrio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtio2tiro2troi2trrio1ttrio1
Edit distance from "trio"

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 "trio"?
"trio" is spelled T-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁi.jo\.
What does "trio" mean?
As a noun, "trio" means: Morceau à trois parties, voix ou instruments.
What words are commonly confused with "trio"?
"trio" is commonly confused with "two", "try", "tro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trio" is \tʁi.jo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trio" come from?
"trio" 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 "trio", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tirs#5,407will#5,414clos#5,433Emma#5,449

Similar misspelling depth

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

adieu5 variantsFIFA5 variantslook5 variantsmesse5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list