tripot
\tʁi.po\
The verdict
“tripot” is an uncommon French word, ranked #74,442 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #74,442
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Maison de jeu mal famée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tripot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁi.po\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tripot” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tripot is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁi.po\. Corpus data places it at rank #74,442 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for tripot in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tripot, spelled T-R-I-P-O-T.
Definition
- 1Maison de jeu mal famée.
- 2Maison où s’assemble une mauvaise compagnie.
- 3Lieu où l’on a l’avantage, où l’on est le plus fort.
- 4Sorte de moteur d’entraînement des machines mû par un cheval qui marche sur un tapis déroulant.
- 5Batteuse mue par ce dispositif.
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.
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Using “tripot”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-R-I-P-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tʁi.po\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.