tref
/ˈtɹɛf/noun, adjective
tref is spelled T-R-E-F: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tref means “A hamlet in Britain in pre-Saxon times” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tref is trefs.
How many letters and syllables are in tref?
| Letters | 4: T-R-E-F |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tref?
Tref appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th 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 tref?
- /ˈtɹɛf/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-treff.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tref?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tref.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: fret, terf, reft.
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 tref
- trefs plural
- trev
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tref mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A hamlet in Britain in pre-Saxon times.
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of treyf (“not kosher”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tref come from?
Compare Welsh tref (“town”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).