triplet

\tʁi.plɛ\

/\tʁi.plɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“triplet” is uncommon French (frequency #75,314 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,314
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Groupe de trois éléments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-triplet · triplet · French

triplet · rank #75,314 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,314
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tricheries

Nearest frequency peer: tricheries (-2 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 « triplet »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for triplet
PropertyValue
Headwordtriplet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁi.plɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,314
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « triplet » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.triplettombe 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: « tricheries » (#75,312), « trouvère » (#75,316), « Trèbes » (#75,317). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « triplet » est au #75,314. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

triplet is uncommon French at frequency #75,314 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁi.plɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for triplet in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is triplet, spelled T-R-I-P-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Groupe de trois éléments.
  2. 2
    groupe de trois éléments réunis en façade d’un bâtiment.
  3. 3
    Groupe de trois nucléotides.
  4. 4
    Liste ordonnée de trois nombres → voir triplet pythagoricien.
  5. 5
    Dans le Web sémantique, l’ensemble d’un sujet, d’un prédicat et d’un objet. → voir triplet RDF
  6. 6
    Type de pari désignant les trois premiers arrivés, gagnant ou placé.
  7. 7
    Association de trois lentilles formant un système optique. → voir triplet apochromatique
  8. 8
    Spectre de trois raies voisines d’un même élément.
  9. 9
    Figure formée de trois valeurs identiques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Superbe nuit encore hier soir, j’en ai profité pour faire la couleur sur le triplet du lion.
  2. À l’intérieur , le décor architectural le plus caractéristique est principalement à base d’association d’arcades : encadrement des baies par des colonnettes , triplet de transept, […]

Synonyms

codonbrelantriplé

This word in other languages

triplet(English)Dreiergruppe(Deutsch)

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 "triplet"?
"triplet" is spelled T-R-I-P-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁi.plɛ\.
What does "triplet" mean?
As a noun, "triplet" means: Groupe de trois éléments.
How do you pronounce "triplet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "triplet" is \tʁi.plɛ\. 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 "triplet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

twisted#75,322tertres#75,299tenders#75,297vigneau#75,334

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list