trilateral
[ˈtʁiːlatəʁaːl]
The verdict
“trilateral” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - drei Seiten betreffend, von drei Seiten ausgehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-trilateral · trilateral · German
trilateral · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trilateral |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈtʁiːlatəʁaːl] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trilateral” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
trilateral is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈtʁiːlatəʁaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "drei Seiten betreffend, von drei Seiten ausgehend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for trilateral, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is trilateral, spelled T-R-I-L-A-T-E-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1drei Seiten betreffend, von drei Seiten ausgehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how trilateral appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aus ähnlichem Grund haben sich die USA, Australien und Japan trilateral dazu verpflichtet, im pazifischen Raum über die nächsten Jahre in Energie, Tourismus und Transport zu investieren.“
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