trouille

\tʁuj\

/\tʁuj\/ noun

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The verdict

“trouille” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,383. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,383
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forte peur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trouille · trouille · French

trouille · rank #28,383 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,383
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH triptyque

Nearest frequency peer: triptyque (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « trouille »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « trouille » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

trouille vs truelle
75% similar
trouille vs Trouville
78% similar
trouille vs trouvaille
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for trouille
PropertyValue
Headwordtrouille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁuj\
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,383
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « trouille »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.trouillese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « triptyque » (#28,382), « trouvèrent » (#28,384), « tributaire » (#28,381). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trouille » est au #28,383. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around trouille (IPA \tʁuj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,383 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for trouille, with forms such as "rtouille", "toruille", and "troiulle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "truelle", "Trouville", "trouvaille", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is trouille, spelled T-R-O-U-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forte peur.
  2. 2
    Grande épuisette d'un mètre de largeur servant à la capture des crevettes en bord de mer.
  3. 3
    Synonyme de troène commun.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je grelotte de trouille à cette pensée. Le chemin de la gloire et de l'honneur est celui que j'ai toujours adopté. Ça m'a valu du reste bien des emmouscaillements !
  2. Elle a peur, elle est vissée sur son siège, elle attend une heure correcte pour partir, chaque parole qu’elle dit, elle essaye d’en dire, la rend dingue de trouille […].

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtouille
  • toruille
  • troiulle
  • trouile
  • trouilel
  • troulile
  • trrouille
  • truoille
  • ttrouille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trouille - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

rtouille2toruille2troiulle2trouile1trouilel2troulile2trrouille1truoille2
Edit distance from "trouille"

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 "trouille"?
"trouille" is spelled T-R-O-U-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁuj\.
What does "trouille" mean?
As a noun, "trouille" means: Forte peur.
What words are commonly confused with "trouille"?
"trouille" is commonly confused with "truelle", "Trouville", "trouvaille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trouille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trouille" is \tʁuj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trouille" come from?
"trouille" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Truffaut#28,385tracking#28,379vendetta#28,395talisman#28,370

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

truffes9 variantstordus9 variantswanted9 variantssourate9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list