triple

/\tʁipl\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,302

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

triple is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui vaut trois fois autant. Pronounced \tʁipl\. It ranks #5,302 in French word frequency. Often confused with tuile and trips.

Key facts for triple
PropertyValue
Headwordtriple
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\tʁipl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,302
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for triple is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁipl\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,302 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for triple, with forms such as "rtiple", "tirple", and "trilpe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tuile", "trips", "triste", 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 triple, spelled T-R-I-P-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui vaut trois fois autant.
  2. 2
    Qui est composé de trois choses pareilles ou analogues entre elles.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtiple,tirple,trilpe,tripel,triplle,tripple,trpile,trriple,ttriple

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for triple

Misspelling Variants of "triple"

rtiple6tirple6trilpe6tripel6triplle7tripple7trpile6trriple7
Misspelling Variants of "triple"

Frequency rank: #5,302 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "triple"?
"triple" is spelled T-R-I-P-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁipl\.
What does "triple" mean?
As an adj, "triple" means: Qui vaut trois fois autant.
What words are commonly confused with "triple"?
"triple" is commonly confused with "tuile", "trips", "triste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "triple"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "triple" is \tʁipl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "triple" come from?
"triple" 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.