truie

\tʁɥi\

/\tʁɥi\/ noun

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The verdict

“truie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,628. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,628
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femelle du porc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-truie · truie · French

truie · rank #32,628 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,628
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH truites

Nearest frequency peer: truites (+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 « truie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « truie » 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).

truie vs tué
40% similar
truie vs tube
60% similar
truie vs tuée
60% similar

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

Key facts for truie
PropertyValue
Headwordtruie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɥi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#32,628
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « truie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).truiese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « truites » (#32,629), « traumatisée » (#32,626), « trépied » (#32,630). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « truie » est au #32,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around truie (IPA \tʁɥi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,628 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for truie, with forms such as "rtuie", "triue", and "trruie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tué", "tube", "tuée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is truie, spelled T-R-U-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femelle du porc.
  2. 2
    Femme malpropre.
  3. 3
    Poisson acanthoptérygien de la famille des Scorpènes également appelé truie de mer ou zée forgeron.
  4. 4
    Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Elle se blasonne comme le porc dont elle se distingue par les mamelles et le fait qu’elle ne soit pas vilenée. À rapprocher de cochon, porc, sanglier et verrat.
  5. 5
    Poêle à bois horizontal et très long, souvent fabriqué de façon artisanale avec des barils de métal soudés bout à bout, servant à faire brûler des morceaux de bois de 6 pieds (1 m 85) et plus, pour chauffer de vastes espaces.
  6. 6
    } Poêle à bois artisanal ou ancien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Derrière, auprès des étables à porcs, entourée d’une portée grouillante, une truie noire fouillait la terre.
  2. A mangeait pu, a buvait pu, restait couchée toute la journée comme une truie qu'allaite ses petits.

This word in other languages

sow(English)cochina(Español)Sau(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtuie
  • triue
  • trruie
  • truei
  • ttruie
  • turie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of truie - 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.

rtuie2triue2trruie1truei2ttruie1turie2
Edit distance from "truie"

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 "truie"?
"truie" is spelled T-R-U-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɥi\.
What does "truie" mean?
As a noun, "truie" means: Femelle du porc.
What words are commonly confused with "truie"?
"truie" is commonly confused with "tué", "tube", "tuée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "truie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "truie" is \tʁɥi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "truie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tuque#32,631Velay#32,634tchat#32,619voués#32,638

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

trac6 variantsscop6 variantsamina6 variantsAnnaba6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list