# trample

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈtɹæmpəl/ · frequency rank #35,992

## Definitions
1. To crush something by walking on it.
2. To treat someone harshly.
3. To walk heavily and destructively.
4. To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.

## Etymology
From Middle English tramplen, trampelen (“to walk heavily”), equivalent to tramp + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian trampelje (“to trample”), Dutch trampelen (“to trample”), German Low German trampeln (“to trample”), German trampeln (“to trample”).

## Easily confused with
- **triple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trample-vs-triple)
- **tramps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trample-vs-tramps)
- **tremble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trample-vs-tremble)
- **Trimble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trample-vs-trimble)
- **tramp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tramp-vs-trample)
- **temple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/temple-vs-trample)

## Common misspellings (11)
`rtample`, `tarmple`, `tramlpe`, `trammple`, `trampel`, `tramplle`, `trampple`, `trapmle`, `trmaple`, `trrample`, `ttrample`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/trample