trisme
\tʁism\
The verdict
“trisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Constriction anormale et souvent douloureuse des mâchoires souvent due à une pathologie (tétanos).
Corpus desk
Index FR-trisme · trisme · French
trisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁism\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « trisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
trisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Constriction anormale et souvent douloureuse des mâchoires souvent due à une pathologie (tétanos).".
No misspelling variants are generated for trisme in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is trisme, spelled T-R-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Constriction anormale et souvent douloureuse des mâchoires souvent due à une pathologie (tétanos).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how trisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le trisme empêche la mastication et est très dangereux pour le malade.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.