trojan

\tʁo.ʒɑ̃\

/\tʁo.ʒɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“trojan” is uncommon French (frequency #67,941 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,941
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-trojan · trojan · French

trojan · rank #67,941 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,941
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH triplette

Nearest frequency peer: triplette (-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 « trojan »

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 « trojan » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for trojan
PropertyValue
Headwordtrojan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁo.ʒɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#67,941
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « trojan » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).trojantombe 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: « triplette » (#67,940), « trolleybus » (#67,942), « triomphera » (#67,939). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trojan » est au #67,941. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

trojan is uncommon French at frequency #67,941 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁo.ʒɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cheval de Troie.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for trojan, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is trojan, spelled T-R-O-J-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cheval de Troie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mais The Pirate Bay, dont le tracker était utilisé, a décidé de le supprimer. Il contiendrait un trojan ou un virus.

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 "trojan"?
"trojan" is spelled T-R-O-J-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁo.ʒɑ̃\.
What does "trojan" mean?
As a noun, "trojan" means: Cheval de Troie.
How do you pronounce "trojan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trojan" is \tʁo.ʒɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trojan" come from?
"trojan" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list