true
\tɹu\
The verdict
“true” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #12,495) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #12,495
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vrai , vraie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-true · true · French
true · rank #12,495 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,495
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH Tristan
Nearest frequency peer: Tristan (-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.
Voisins de fréquence du confusable « true »
Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous
- Togo
Togo
87,509 corpus weight
- touriste
touriste
87,508 corpus weight
- Tristan
Tristan
87,507 corpus weight
- true
true
87,506 corpus weight
- velours
velours
87,505 corpus weight
- verrait
verrait
87,504 corpus weight
What this shows Les barres placent « true » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | true |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tɹu\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #12,495 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rang de corpus près des confusables de « true »
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for true is neighbouring look-alikes ("tu", "tué", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \tɹu\. Frequency #12,495 among 3,703 “T” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for true, with forms such as "rtue", "treu", and "trrue". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tu", "tué", "tua", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is true, spelled T-R-U-E.
Definition
- 1Vrai , vraie.
- 2Véridique.
- 3Loyal, fidèle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how true appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Is this statement true or false?
It’s a true story.
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtue
- treu
- trrue
- ttrue
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of true - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "true", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).