tronqué
\tʁɔ̃.ke\
The verdict
“tronqué” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,062. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,062
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coupé au niveau du tronc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tronque · tronqué · French
tronqué · rank #40,062 · 11 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,062
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tributaires
Nearest frequency peer: tributaires (-2 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 “tronqué”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- transmets
transmets
59,943 corpus weight
- trias
trias
59,942 corpus weight
- tributaires
tributaires
59,941 corpus weight
- tronqué
tronqué
59,939 corpus weight
- Tupperware
Tupperware
59,937 corpus weight
- UMPS
UMPS
59,935 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tronqué” 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 | tronqué |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁɔ̃.ke\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “tronqué” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around tronqué (IPA \tʁɔ̃.ke\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,062 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for tronqué, with forms such as "rtonqué", "tornqué", and "trnoqué". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "troue", "troquer", "tronquée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tronqué, spelled T-R-O-N-Q-U-É.
Definition
- 1Coupé au niveau du tronc.
- 2Coupé entre la base et le sommet.
- 3Se dit de certaines choses dont l’extrémité ou la partie supérieure manque même si elles ne l’avaient jamais eue.
- 4Terminé brusquement à son extrémité, comme si on l’avait coupé transversalement.
- 5Privé d’une extrémité, d’une partie omise ou retranchée.
- 6Auquel il manque quelque partie essentielle.
- 7Qualifie une citation dans laquelle les suppressions de certaines phrases ou de certains mots altèrent le sens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tronqué appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
statue tronquée, statue qui n’a que le buste ou le torse et qui est ajustée sur une gaine.
Cône tronqué, pyramide tronquée.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtonqué
- tornqué
- trnoqué
- tronnqué
- tronqqué
- tronque
- tronqéu
- tronuqé
- troqnué
- trronqué
- ttronqué
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tronqué - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tronqué", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "tronqué". Here's where to go from here.
- "tronqué" maps to 9 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "troue". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #40,062 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.