tripe

\tʁip\

/\tʁip\/ noun

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The verdict

“tripe” is uncommon French (frequency #74,441 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,441
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie gastro-intestinale du tube digestif d’un animal, c’est-à-dire son estomac et son boyau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tripe · tripe · French

tripe · rank #74,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,441
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH trine

Nearest frequency peer: trine (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « tripe »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tripe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tripe
PropertyValue
Headwordtripe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁip\
Letters5
Frequency rank#74,441
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tripe » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tripetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « trine » (#74,440), « tripot » (#74,442), « triathlète » (#74,439). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tripe » est au #74,441. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tripe is uncommon French at frequency #74,441 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁip\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tripe, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tripe, spelled T-R-I-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie gastro-intestinale du tube digestif d’un animal, c’est-à-dire son estomac et son boyau.
  2. 2
    Les mêmes viscères des humains.
  3. 3
    Estomac de bovin, voire d’ovin, cuisiné.
  4. 4
    Vers à soie atteints de flacherie.
  5. 5
    Courage, hardiesse.
  6. 6
    Ce qu’il y a de plus profond, de plus authentique chez une personne.
  7. 7
    Ce qu’il y a de plus profond, de plus authentique chez une personne.
  8. 8
    Nom donné par analogie d’aspect, à l'intérieur d’un cigare, par opposition à la cape qui l’entoure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Encore vif, le poisson se tord, et l’homme le fend de la gorge à l’anus, lui arrache les tripes qui retombent dans la gouttière. Le flot l’emporte, et l’ébreuilleur rejette devant lui le corps vidé. Il est debout dans la masse vivante, fiché dans le poisson jusqu’aux genoux.
  2. Je sens mes intestins qui ronronnent légèrement. La digestion sans heurts est le plus grand facteur d’activité. Le cerveau s’emplit avec le ventre et l’optimisme a sa source dans la béatitude des tripes.

This word in other languages

tripe(English)tripa(Español)Kutteln(Deutsch)dobrada(Português)

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 "tripe"?
"tripe" is spelled T-R-I-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁip\.
What does "tripe" mean?
As a noun, "tripe" means: Partie gastro-intestinale du tube digestif d’un animal, c’est-à-dire son estomac et son boyau.
How do you pronounce "tripe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tripe" is \tʁip\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tripe" come from?
"tripe" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tripe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

trine#74,440tripp#74,443unien#74,451thaïe#74,426

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list