# tres

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #27,006

## Definitions
1. A three-course stringed instrument similar to a guitar; the Cuban variant has six strings, and the Puerto Rican has nine.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tres (“three”). Doublet of three and trey.

## Easily confused with
- **TS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-ts)
- **try** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-try)
- **tri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-tri)
- **Tue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-tue)
- **tru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-tru)
- **tse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-tse)
- **TRP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-trp)
- **tye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-tye)
- **tss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-tss)
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-true)
- **trip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-trip)
- **Troy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-troy)
- **trio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-trio)
- **trim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-trim)
- **tyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-tyre)
- **Trey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-trey)
- **trot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-trot)
- **tris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-tris)
- **tugs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-tugs)
- **twos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tres-vs-twos)

## Common misspellings (6)
`rtes`, `ters`, `tress`, `trres`, `trse`, `ttres`

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