Triade

[tʁiˈaːdə]

/[tʁiˈaːdə]/ noun

The verdict

“Triade” is uncommon German (frequency #67,796 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,796
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Ganzes, das aus drei Unterbereichen/Teileinheiten/Komponenten besteht

Corpus desk

Index DE-triade · Triade · German

Triade · rank #67,796 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,796
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH tropfte

Nearest frequency peer: tropfte (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Triade“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Triade“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Triade
PropertyValue
HeadwordTriade
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tʁiˈaːdə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#67,796
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Triade“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Triadefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „tropfte“ (#67,797), „Trainerstab“ (#67,794), „Toulon“ (#67,793). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Triade“ bei #67,796. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Triade is uncommon German at frequency #67,796 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʁiˈaːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Ganzes, das aus drei Unterbereichen/Teileinheiten/Komponenten besteht".

Triade doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Triade, spelled T-R-I-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Ganzes, das aus drei Unterbereichen/Teileinheiten/Komponenten besteht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chemie: „Fast alle bekannten Elemente hat man zu solchen Triaden, wie man sie nennt, vereinigt.“
  2. Verslehre: „Der Begriff stammt aus der Verslehre. Dort bezeichnet eine Triade eine Gruppe von drei Strophen. Besonders griechische Tragödien sind nach diesem Muster aufgebaut.“

Antonyms

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Triade"?
"Triade" is spelled T-R-I-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [tʁiˈaːdə].
What does "Triade" mean?
As a noun, "Triade" means: ein Ganzes, das aus drei Unterbereichen/Teileinheiten/Komponenten besteht
How do you pronounce "Triade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Triade" is [tʁiˈaːdə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Triade" come from?
"Triade" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list