road trip
noun, verb
road trip is spelled R-O-A-D-T-R-I-P: 8 letters. As a noun, road trip means “A recreational or impromptu excursion in a car, usually at long distances from one's home” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of road trip is road trips.
How many letters and syllables are in road trip?
| Letters | 8: R-O-A-D-T-R-I-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
Words people confuse with road trip
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: roadtrip (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of road trip
- road trips plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- roadtrip
- road tripping participle, present
- road tripped participle, past
- road-trips present, singular, he/she/it
- road-tripping participle, present
- road-tripped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does road trip mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A recreational or impromptu excursion in a car, usually at long distances from one's home.
On their road trip they found a gem of a classic diner.
- 2
A series of games played by a team away from its home field.
On their road trip they racked up the best streak of wins they'd had in years.
verb
- 1
To go on a road trip; to travel by road trip.
verb
- 1
Alternative form of road-trip.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Road trip in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense recreational or impromptu excursion:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | escapade routière, balade en voiture, virée en voiture, voyage en voiture |
| German | Roadtrip |
| Spanish | viaje en carretera, viaje por carretera |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.