trou à rats
\tʁu a ʁa\
The verdict
“trou à rats” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de trou à rat.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trou à rats |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁu a ʁa\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trou à rats” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for trou à rats is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁu a ʁa\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Variante de trou à rat.".
trou à rats has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is trou à rats, spelled T-R-O-U- -À- -R-A-T-S.
Definition
- 1Variante de trou à rat.
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.
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Using “trou à rats”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-R-O-U- -À- -R-A-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tʁu a ʁa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.