trou perdu
\tʁu pɛʁ.dy\
The verdict
“trou perdu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Localité isolée, en retrait.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trou perdu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁu pɛʁ.dy\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trou perdu” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
trou perdu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁu pɛʁ.dy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Localité isolée, en retrait.".
trou perdu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 trou perdu, spelled T-R-O-U- -P-E-R-D-U.
Definition
- 1Localité isolée, en retrait.
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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 perdu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-R-O-U- -P-E-R-D-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tʁu pɛʁ.dy\ (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.