Tristram
The verdict
“Tristram” is uncommon French (frequency #88,189 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,189
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tristan, prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tristram · Tristram · French
Tristram · rank #88,189 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,189
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH trigonométriq…
Nearest frequency peer: trigonométriques (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Tristram »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- trempant
trempant
11,816 corpus weight
- tria
tria
11,815 corpus weight
- trigonométr…
trigonométrique
11,814 corpus weight
- trigonométr…
trigonométriques
11,813 corpus weight
- Tristram
Tristram
11,812 corpus weight
- turpitude
turpitude
11,808 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Tristram » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tristram |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Tristram » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Tristram is uncommon French at frequency #88,189 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tristan, prénom masculin.".
Tristram has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Tristram, spelled T-R-I-S-T-R-A-M.
Definition
- 1Tristan, prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tristram appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai non Tristran je le vous dit
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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