triphasé

\tʁi.fa.ze\

/\tʁi.fa.ze\/ adj

The verdict

“triphasé” is uncommon French (frequency #60,446 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,446
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a trois phases.

Corpus desk

Index FR-triphase · triphasé · French

triphasé · rank #60,446 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,446
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH trimbaler

Nearest frequency peer: trimbaler (-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 « triphasé »

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 « triphasé » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for triphasé
PropertyValue
Headwordtriphasé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʁi.fa.ze\
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,446
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « triphasé » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.triphasétombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « trimbaler » (#60,445), « tronquées » (#60,447), « triennale » (#60,444). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « triphasé » est au #60,446. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

triphasé is uncommon French at frequency #60,446 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁi.fa.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a trois phases.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for triphasé, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is triphasé, spelled T-R-I-P-H-A-S-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a trois phases.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il était évident qu'avec le développement du courant triphasé – le premier transport d'énergie triphasée eut lieu en 1891 entre Lauffen et Francfort – on ait cherché à profiter de la robustesse et de la simplicité de la machine asynchrone […].
  2. De surcroît, les pertes en ligne sont fortement réduites par l'utilisation du courant triphasé, qui tire parti des complémentarités entre les cycles des différentes phases.

This word in other languages

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 "triphasé"?
"triphasé" is spelled T-R-I-P-H-A-S-É. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁi.fa.ze\.
What does "triphasé" mean?
As an adjective, "triphasé" means: Qui a trois phases.
How do you pronounce "triphasé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "triphasé" is \tʁi.fa.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list