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treble

/ˈtɹɛbəl/adjective, adverb, noun, verb

treble is spelled T-R-E-B-L-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, treble means “Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in treble?

Letters6: T-R-E-B-L-E
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is treble?

Treble appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce treble?

  • /ˈtɹɛbəl/

Treble has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-treble.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with treble

Also written: tribble.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with treble?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as treble.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: belter.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of treble

  • trebles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • trebling participle, present
  • trebled participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does treble mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music.

  2. 2

    datedThreefold, triple.

    The treble walls and ditches on the land side … diminish the extent of ground covered with houses.

noun

  1. 1

    The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.

  2. 2

    A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.

  3. 3

    The highest tuned in a ring of bells.

  4. 4

    Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.

  5. 5

    datedA threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.

  6. 6

    datedA drink with three portions of alcohol; a triple

  7. 7

    Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.

  8. 8

    Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.

  9. 9

    Alternative form of tribble (“frame for drying paper”).

verb

  1. 1

    datedTo multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.

  2. 2

    datedTo become multiplied by three or increased threefold.

  3. 3

    To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.

  4. 4

    To utter in a treble key; to whine.

adverb

  1. 1

    datedTrebly; triply.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate treble?

Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of treble: tr., treb.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Treble in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Spanishtriplo, tríplice, tresdoble (threefold, triple), trestanto (Translations), tiple (The highest singing voice (especially as for a…), triplete (three titles in a given season)
GermanSopranstimme, Sopran, Diskantstimme, Diskant (The highest singing voice (especially as for a…), Triple (three titles in a given season), verdreifachen (to multiply by three)
Frenchtriplé (three titles in a given season), tripler (to multiply by three)
Portuguesetriplete (three titles in a given season)

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.

Where does treble come from?

From Middle English treble, from Old French treble, from Latin triplus. Doublet of triple.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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