trousseau

\tʁu.so\

/\tʁu.so\/ noun

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The verdict

“trousseau” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,496. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,496
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-trousseau · trousseau · French

trousseau · rank #33,496 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,496
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tricoter

Nearest frequency peer: tricoter (-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 « trousseau »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « trousseau » 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).

trousseau vs trousses
78% similar
trousseau vs trousse
78% similar
trousseau vs troupeau
78% similar

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

Key facts for trousseau
PropertyValue
Headwordtrousseau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁu.so\
Letters9
Frequency rank#33,496
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « trousseau »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).trousseause 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 « tricoter » (#33,495), « tsonga » (#33,497), « tribulations » (#33,494). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trousseau » est au #33,496. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around trousseau (IPA \tʁu.so\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,496 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for trousseau, with forms such as "rtousseau", "torusseau", and "trosuseau". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "trousses", "trousse", "troupeau", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is trousseau, spelled T-R-O-U-S-S-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite trousse.
  2. 2
    Vêtements, linge, tout ce qu’on donne à une jeune fille lorsqu’elle se marie ou se fait religieuse.
  3. 3
    Ensemble des vêtements, du linge, etc., que devait apporter un élève, ou qu’on lui fournissait, lors de son entrée dans une école, dans une maison d’éducation, etc.
  4. 4
    Liste de vêtements que les enfants doivent avoir lorsqu’ils partent en colonie de vacances, en centre ou à l’hôpital.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Comme maîtresse de maison, Alix a en gouvernation les clefs des appartements. Elle a tiré du trousseau poudreux relégué a l'office la clef qui ouvre la porte de la chambre de son cousin, […].
  2. Un matin d’hiver, il partit avant le jour, bien équipé, une arbalète sur l’épaule et un trousseau de flèches à l’arçon de la selle.

This word in other languages

bunch(English)molho(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtousseau
  • torusseau
  • trosuseau
  • trouseau
  • trousesau
  • troussaeu
  • trousseua
  • trrousseau
  • truosseau
  • ttrousseau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trousseau - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

rtousseau2torusseau2trosuseau2trouseau1trousesau2troussaeu2trousseua2trrousseau1
Edit distance from "trousseau"

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 "trousseau"?
"trousseau" is spelled T-R-O-U-S-S-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁu.so\.
What does "trousseau" mean?
As a noun, "trousseau" means: Petite trousse.
What words are commonly confused with "trousseau"?
"trousseau" is commonly confused with "trousses", "trousse", "troupeau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trousseau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trousseau" is \tʁu.so\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trousseau" come from?
"trousseau" 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 "trousseau", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tourelles#33,491taïwanais#33,485Valentino#33,508viscosité#33,514

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

tumulte10 variantsvacuité10 variantstartuffe10 variantssaluant10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list