trois fois rien
\tʁwa fwa ʁjɛ̃\
The verdict
“trois fois rien” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très peu de chose, d’argent, d’effort.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trois-fois-rien · trois fois rien · French
trois fois rien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | trois fois rien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | \tʁwa fwa ʁjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « trois fois rien » en français
Rare enough to double-check
trois fois rien is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed \tʁwa fwa ʁjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Très peu de chose, d’argent, d’effort.".
No misspelling variants are generated for trois fois rien in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 trois fois rien, spelled T-R-O-I-S- -F-O-I-S- -R-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Très peu de chose, d’argent, d’effort.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trois fois rien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ici on mange bien pour trois fois rien.
J’ai fait trois fois rien, c’est lui qui a tout fait.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.