tremolo
/ˈtrɛməloʊ/noun
tremolo is spelled T-R-E-M-O-L-O. The wrong spelling people search most is tremelo: about 240 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 2 in 10 of all searches for the word. Tremolo is a noun meaning “A rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes. It can also be intended to…”. The plural of tremolo is tremolos.
How many letters and syllables are in tremolo?
| Letters | 7: T-R-E-M-O-L-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 58,063rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, tremelo, about 240 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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).
How do you spell tremolo?
Tremolo is spelled T-R-E-M-O-L-O. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for tremolo in either form.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is tremolo?
Tremolo appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd 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 tremolo?
- UK /ˈtrɛmələʊ/
- US /ˈtrɛməloʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tremolo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tremolo
- tremolos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tremolo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes. It can also be intended to mean a rapid and repetitive variation in pitch for the duration of a note. It is notated by a strong diagonal bar across the note stem, or a detached bar for a set of notes (or stemless notes).
- 2
A variation in the volume of a note or a chord, evoking a tremor or quiver.
- 3
The device in an organ that produces a tremolo effect.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tremolo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense rapid repetition of the same note:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | tremolo |
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 tremolo come from?
Borrowed from Italian tremolo, first-person present indicative of tremolare (“to shake, to tremble”). Origin: 1715-25.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).