trois vingts

\tʁwa vɛ̃\

/\tʁwa vɛ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“trois vingts” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trois fois vingt, soit soixante.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trois-vingts · trois vingts · French

trois vingts · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for trois vingts
PropertyValue
Headwordtrois vingts
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʁwa vɛ̃\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « trois vingts » en français

trois vingtsn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

trois vingts is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁwa vɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Trois fois vingt, soit soixante.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for trois vingts, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is trois vingts, spelled T-R-O-I-S- -V-I-N-G-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Trois fois vingt, soit soixante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et finallement les enfans de Lamech inuenterent la plus grande partie des arts mechaniques, que la curioſité des humains recerche, ayant engendré trois vingts & dixſept enfans, tant fils que filles.
  2. Plus ont eſté meſurez, meſure que deſſus, quartre vingts muys de vin, eſtans dedans cent Poiſons d’Auxerre, Bourgogne, & d’Orleans : Et aualuez, ſelon l’Ordonnance, à trois vingts liures.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trois vingts"?
"trois vingts" is spelled T-R-O-I-S- -V-I-N-G-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁwa vɛ̃\.
What does "trois vingts" mean?
As an adjective, "trois vingts" means: Trois fois vingt, soit soixante.
How do you pronounce "trois vingts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trois vingts" is \tʁwa vɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trois vingts" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list