trapezoid
/ˈtɹæpəzɔɪd/
"trapezoid" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trapezoid” is uncommon English (frequency #69,531 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,531
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.
Corpus desk
Index EN-trapezoid · trapezoid · English
trapezoid · rank #69,531 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,531
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH trackpad
Nearest frequency peer: trackpad (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “trapezoid”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Toya
Toya
30,473 corpus weight
- Toyama
Toyama
30,472 corpus weight
- trackpad
trackpad
30,471 corpus weight
- trapezoid
trapezoid
30,470 corpus weight
- Treacy
Treacy
30,469 corpus weight
- Tring
Tring
30,467 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “trapezoid” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trapezoid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹæpəzɔɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,531 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “trapezoid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
trapezoid is uncommon English at frequency #69,531 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɹæpəzɔɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
trapezoid has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”) + -oid (“resembling”). The correct English form is trapezoid, spelled T-R-A-P-E-Z-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.
- 2A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel.
- 3The trapezoid bone of the wrist.
- 4The marked trapezoidal area immediately behind the goal line and the goal itself within which the goaltender may touch the puck.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how trapezoid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There was a trapezoid of light on his shoulder, some bright fragment torn from a greater plane.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”) + -oid (“resembling”).
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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