troglodytes

\tʁɔ.ɡlɔ.dit\

/\tʁɔ.ɡlɔ.dit\/ noun

The verdict

“troglodytes” is uncommon French (frequency #64,143 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,143
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de troglodyte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-troglodytes · troglodytes · French

troglodytes · rank #64,143 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,143
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tripolitaine

Nearest frequency peer: Tripolitaine (-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 « troglodytes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « troglodytes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for troglodytes
PropertyValue
Headwordtroglodytes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɔ.ɡlɔ.dit\
Letters11
Frequency rank#64,143
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « troglodytes » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).troglodytestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Tripolitaine » (#64,142), « trolle » (#64,144), « tremblais » (#64,141). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « troglodytes » est au #64,143. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

troglodytes is uncommon French at frequency #64,143 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁɔ.ɡlɔ.dit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de troglodyte.".

No misspelling variants are generated for troglodytes in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is troglodytes, spelled T-R-O-G-L-O-D-Y-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de troglodyte.

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 "troglodytes"?
"troglodytes" is spelled T-R-O-G-L-O-D-Y-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɔ.ɡlɔ.dit\.
What does "troglodytes" mean?
As a noun, "troglodytes" means: Pluriel de troglodyte.
How do you pronounce "troglodytes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "troglodytes" is \tʁɔ.ɡlɔ.dit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "troglodytes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list