trocken
\ˈtʁɔkən\
The verdict
“trocken” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sec, dépourvu d'humidité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trocken · trocken · French
trocken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | trocken |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈtʁɔkən\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « trocken » en français
Rare enough to double-check
trocken is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈtʁɔkən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for trocken in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is trocken, spelled T-R-O-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Sec, dépourvu d'humidité.
- 2Sec, rude ; abrupt ; sans moelleux ; sans douceur ; sans émotion.
- 3Doch bei all dem handelt es sich nur um Statistik, um trockene Zahlen, die einzelne Schicksale nicht erfassen können. — (« Die Gefahr steigt ab 50 - und wenn man ein Mann ist », Der Spiegel, 20 février 2020.) #*: Mais tout cela n'est que statistiques, des chiffres secs qui ne peuvent pas saisir les destins individuels".
- 4Sec, qui n'est pas liquoreux, pas moelleux, pour un vin.
- 5Sec (caractérise le pain sans pâte, charcuterie, beurre ou fromage).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trocken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Einen trockenen Mund haben, trockenes Wetter, trockener Winter.
Das Handtuch ist trocken.
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.