triton

\tʁi.tɔ̃\

/\tʁi.tɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“triton” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,760. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,760
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Divinité marine descendant du dieu Triton, représentée avec une figure humaine et une queue de poisson dont l’attribut est une conque au son retentissant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-triton · triton · French

triton · rank #35,760 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,760
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tricheurs

Nearest frequency peer: tricheurs (-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 « triton »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « triton » 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).

triton vs tron
67% similar
triton vs trio
67% similar
triton vs TITO
0% similar

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

Key facts for triton
PropertyValue
Headwordtriton
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁi.tɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,760
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « triton »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tricheurs » (#35,759), « trombone » (#35,761), « trempés » (#35,758). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « triton » est au #35,760. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around triton (IPA \tʁi.tɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,760 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for triton, with forms such as "rtiton", "tirton", and "triotn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "tron", "trio", "TITO", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is triton, spelled T-R-I-T-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Divinité marine descendant du dieu Triton, représentée avec une figure humaine et une queue de poisson dont l’attribut est une conque au son retentissant.
  2. 2
    Équivalent masculin des sirènes ; créature mi-homme, mi-poisson.
  3. 3
    Nageur.
  4. 4
    Appareil qui permettait à un plongeur de rester quelques minutes sous l’eau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’allée des tilleuls s’interrompait, au niveau du rond-point occupé par le grand bassin au milieu duquel s’élevait un groupe de tritons et de néréides soufflant dans leurs conques pour former, lorsque jouaient les eaux, un diadème liquide, aux fleurons d’écume.
  2. Louis XIV prouva l’estime qu’il réservait au maître de Toulon, à ce “bûcheur”, qui, avant d’orner ses parcs, avait décoré ses vaisseaux, dans l’orme et le tilleul, de tant d’atlantes, de tritons et de gigantes.

Synonyms

🧜♂️

This word in other languages

merman(English)tritón(Español)Nix(Deutsch)sereio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtiton
  • tirton
  • triotn
  • tritno
  • tritonn
  • tritton
  • trriton
  • trtion
  • ttriton

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of triton - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

rtiton2tirton2triotn2tritno2tritonn1tritton1trriton1trtion2
Edit distance from "triton"

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 "triton"?
"triton" is spelled T-R-I-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁi.tɔ̃\.
What does "triton" mean?
As a noun, "triton" means: Divinité marine descendant du dieu Triton, représentée avec une figure humaine et une queue de poisson dont l’attribut est une conque au son retentissant.
What words are commonly confused with "triton"?
"triton" is commonly confused with "tron", "trio", "TITO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "triton"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "triton" is \tʁi.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "triton" come from?
"triton" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

truand#35,762Uranus#35,765Stiles#35,742éperon#35,784

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

épousée9 variantssiamois9 variantssauriez9 variantsapprises9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list