# trestle

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɹɛsəl/ · frequency rank #45,134

## Definitions
1. A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses.
2. A folding or fixed set of legs used to support a tabletop or planks.
3. A framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge.
4. A trestle bridge.

## Etymology
From Middle English trestel, from Old French trestel (“crossbeam”) (French tréteau), from Latin trānstellum, diminutive of trānstrum.

## Easily confused with
- **trustee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trestle-vs-trustee)
- **Trieste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trestle-vs-trieste)
- **treble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/treble-vs-trestle)
- **thistle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thistle-vs-trestle)
- **tremble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tremble-vs-trestle)

## Common misspellings (11)
`rtestle`, `terstle`, `treslte`, `tresstle`, `trestel`, `trestlle`, `tresttle`, `tretsle`, `trrestle`, `trsetle`, `ttrestle`

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