Which to use
“trivial” and “triviale” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,790
- “trivial” frequency rank
- #49,412
- “triviale” frequency rank
- 84202
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trivial | triviale |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est extrêmement commun, usé, rebattu ; il ne se dit guère que des pensées et des expressions. | Féminin singulier de trivial. |
Same sound, different letters: trivial vs triviale
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. trivial runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against triviale's 8 (CCVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: trivial vs triviale
This is the hard kind. trivial and triviale are pronounced identically (\tʁi.vjal\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “trivial” sits inside “triviale”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84202, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trivial is recorded at frequency rank #34,790, classified as anadj, pronounced \tʁi.vjal\. triviale is at rank #49,412, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tʁi.vjal\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 84202, this pair ranks #13,407 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of trivial vs triviale
Shared letters: ailrtv. Private to "trivial": -. Private to "triviale": e.
"trivial" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "triviale" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "trivial" for "triviale" ever safe?
Which is more common, "trivial" or "triviale"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "trivial" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "triviale" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,407 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "trivial" and "triviale" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tribale vs triviale". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #13,407 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.