triporteur
\tʁi.pɔʁ.tœʁ\
The verdict
“triporteur” is uncommon French (frequency #81,651 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,651
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tricycle à pédales ou à moteur muni d'une caisse pour le transport des marchandises légères.
Corpus desk
Index FR-triporteur · triporteur · French
triporteur · rank #81,651 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,651
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 164,488
- PHOTO-FINISH tricheuse
Nearest frequency peer: tricheuse (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “triporteur”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- transexuel
transexuel
18,356 corpus weight
- transpositi…
transpositions
18,354 corpus weight
- trempez
trempez
18,352 corpus weight
- tricheuse
tricheuse
18,351 corpus weight
- triporteur
triporteur
18,350 corpus weight
- triée
triée
18,348 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “triporteur” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | triporteur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁi.pɔʁ.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #81,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “triporteur” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
triporteur is uncommon French at frequency #81,651 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁi.pɔʁ.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tricycle à pédales ou à moteur muni d'une caisse pour le transport des marchandises légères.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for triporteur, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is triporteur, spelled T-R-I-P-O-R-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Tricycle à pédales ou à moteur muni d'une caisse pour le transport des marchandises légères.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how triporteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il met le pied sur la chaussée juste au moment où, juché sur un triporteur, le jeune livreur d’une grande épicerie voisine arrive comme un projectile.
Elle vit la bonne pluie de Paris et sa bonne boue, les familiers immeubles gris et deux tours d’église et une crémerie, un restaurant, et les taxis de Paris, les triporteurs, les autos de maître, tous les passants, les camelots, les parapluies de Paris.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "triporteur", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.