Trident
[tʁiˈdɛnt]
The verdict
“Trident” is uncommon German (frequency #81,036 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,036
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dreizack
Corpus desk
Index DE-trident · Trident · German
Trident · rank #81,036 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,036
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,386
- PHOTO-FINISH Trenton
Nearest frequency peer: Trenton (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Trident”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Traumas
Traumas
18,970 corpus weight
- travail
travail
18,969 corpus weight
- Treibjagd
Treibjagd
18,968 corpus weight
- Treibstoffe
Treibstoffe
18,967 corpus weight
- Trenton
Trenton
18,966 corpus weight
- Trident
Trident
18,965 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Trident” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Trident |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʁiˈdɛnt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Trident” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Trident is uncommon German at frequency #81,036 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʁiˈdɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dreizack".
Trident doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Trident, spelled T-R-I-D-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Dreizack
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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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.