trout
\tɹaʊt\
The verdict
“trout” is uncommon French (frequency #61,954 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,954
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Truite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trout · trout · French
trout · rank #61,954 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,954
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tritons
Nearest frequency peer: tritons (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « trout »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- traînés
traînés
38,050 corpus weight
- triolet
triolet
38,049 corpus weight
- tritons
tritons
38,048 corpus weight
- trout
trout
38,047 corpus weight
- truk
truk
38,046 corpus weight
- trémie
trémie
38,045 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « trout » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trout |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɹaʊt\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « trout » en français
Rare enough to double-check
trout is uncommon French at frequency #61,954 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɹaʊt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Truite.".
No misspelling variants are generated for trout in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is trout, spelled T-R-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1Truite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how trout appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Standing in a boat in swelling seas he can spear a darting swordfish, and he can flick up a trout from the fast waters of a stream with his fingers.
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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