trois
\tʁwɑ\
The verdict
“trois” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #151. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #151
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant à deux plus un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trois · trois · French
trois · rank #151 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #151
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH cela
Nearest frequency peer: cela (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “trois”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- parce
parce
99,853 corpus weight
- personne
personne
99,852 corpus weight
- cela
cela
99,851 corpus weight
- trois
trois
99,850 corpus weight
- homme
homme
99,849 corpus weight
- ici
ici
99,848 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “trois” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁwɑ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trois” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around trois (IPA \tʁwɑ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #151 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for trois, with forms such as "rtois", "toris", and "troiss". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "trop", "trou", "Troy", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is trois, spelled T-R-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant à deux plus un.
- 2Troisième.
- 3Petit nombre indéterminé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'ensemble de cet État peut être divisé en trois zones séparées et distinctes, représentant les trois différents états de la société humaine, — la vie du chasseur sauvage dans les épaisses forêts de l’Orénoque ; la vie pastorale dans les Llanos ou savanes; et la vie agriculturale dans les hautes vallées et au pied des montagnes sur la côte.
Si les trois villages se soulevaient et qu’on tuât deux ou trois gendarmes, guillotinerait-on tout le monde ?
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtois
- toris
- troiss
- trosi
- trrois
- ttrois
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trois - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "trois", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "trois". Here's where to go from here.
- "trois" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "trop". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #151 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.