truquer

\tʁy.ke\

/\tʁy.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“truquer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,929. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,929
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Modifier, altérer, falsifier un meuble, un objet d’art pour lui donner l’apparence d’une qualité qu’il n’a pas.

Corpus desk

Index FR-truquer · truquer · French

truquer · rank #45,929 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,929
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Trudel

Nearest frequency peer: Trudel (-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 « truquer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « truquer » 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).

truquer vs tuque
71% similar
truquer vs truqués
71% similar
truquer vs traque
71% similar

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

Key facts for truquer
PropertyValue
Headwordtruquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁy.ke\
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,929
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « truquer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).truquerse 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 « Trudel » (#45,928), « trébuché » (#45,930), « Trouville » (#45,927). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « truquer » est au #45,929. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around truquer (IPA \tʁy.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,929 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for truquer, with forms such as "rtuquer", "trquuer", and "trruquer". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "tuque", "truqués", "traque", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is truquer, spelled T-R-U-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Modifier, altérer, falsifier un meuble, un objet d’art pour lui donner l’apparence d’une qualité qu’il n’a pas.
  2. 2
    Altérer dans le dessein de tromper.
  3. 3
    Pour un gardien de but, se positionner de façon excentrée lors d’un tir au but, afin d’inciter le tireur à tirer d’un certain côté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce tableau a été truqué.
  2. Cette commode n’est pas ancienne, elle est truquée.

This word in other languages

fake(English)amañar(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtuquer
  • trquuer
  • trruquer
  • truqeur
  • truqquer
  • truquerr
  • truqure
  • truuqer
  • ttruquer
  • turquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtuquer2trquuer2trruquer1truqeur2truqquer1truquerr1truqure2truuqer2
Edit distance from "truquer"

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 "truquer"?
"truquer" is spelled T-R-U-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁy.ke\.
What does "truquer" mean?
As a verb, "truquer" means: Modifier, altérer, falsifier un meuble, un objet d’art pour lui donner l’apparence d’une qualité qu’il n’a pas.
What words are commonly confused with "truquer"?
"truquer" is commonly confused with "tuque", "truqués", "traque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "truquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "truquer" is \tʁy.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "truquer" come from?
"truquer" 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 "truquer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tuerais#45,932upgrade#45,934tombons#45,920Vaughan#45,939

Similar misspelling depth

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

triennal10 variantsvaudoise10 variantstigresse10 variantsThalys10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list