trique

\tʁik\

/\tʁik\/ noun

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The verdict

“trique” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,501. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,501
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gros bâton.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trique · trique · French

trique · rank #46,501 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,501
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH transatlantiq…

Nearest frequency peer: transatlantiques (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « trique »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « trique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

trique vs true
67% similar
trique vs tuque
67% similar
trique vs troue
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for trique
PropertyValue
Headwordtrique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁik\
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,501
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « trique »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).triquese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « transatlantiques » (#46,500), « triumph » (#46,502), « toxic » (#46,499). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trique » est au #46,501. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around trique (IPA \tʁik\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,501 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for trique, with forms such as "rtique", "tirque", and "triqeu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "true", "tuque", "troue", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 trique, spelled T-R-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gros bâton.
  2. 2
    Verge, pénis.
  3. 3
    Érection (phénomène biologique).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Le commissaire est là… gare tout à l’heure les coups de trique… » Ce n’était pas encore tant les coups de trique qui m’impressionnaient, mais ce diable d’homme avec son écharpe sur son habit noir, et ce grand chapeau de monsieur qui lui donnait l’air d’être en visite au milieu des shakos et des tricornes, ça me faisait un effet !…
  2. […], il entra dans le bois, d’où il ressortit un peu après, écorçant avec son couteau une trique de grosseur assez respectable.

This word in other languages

porrete(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtique
  • tirque
  • triqeu
  • triqque
  • triuqe
  • trqiue
  • trrique
  • ttrique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trique - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

rtique2tirque2triqeu2triqque1triuqe2trqiue2trrique1ttrique1
Edit distance from "trique"

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 "trique"?
"trique" is spelled T-R-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁik\.
What does "trique" mean?
As a noun, "trique" means: Gros bâton.
What words are commonly confused with "trique"?
"trique" is commonly confused with "true", "tuque", "troue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trique" is \tʁik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trique" come from?
"trique" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tourte#46,497tissée#46,491utérin#46,511tibias#46,488

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

tords8 variantsSuárez8 variantsécœuré8 variantssciure8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list