triage
/ˈtɹi.ɑʒ/noun, verb
triage is spelled T-R-I-A-G-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, triage means “Assessment or sorting according to quality, need, etc., especially to determine how resources will be allocated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of triage is triages.
How many letters and syllables are in triage?
| Letters | 6: T-R-I-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,236th 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 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 triage?
Triage appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th 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 triage?
- UK /ˈtɹiː.ɑːʒ/
- US /ˈtɹi.ɑʒ/
- US /tɹiˈɑʒ/
Triage 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-triage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with triage?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as triage (/iɑʒ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gaiter, tirage.
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 triage
- triages plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- triaging participle, present
- triaged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does triage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Assessment or sorting according to quality, need, etc., especially to determine how resources will be allocated.
- 2
The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury).
- 3
A facility within a hospital that screens walk-in patients and determines which department or clinic to send them to. (See also triage center.)
- 4
The process of prioritizing bugs to be fixed.
- 5
That which is picked out, especially broken coffee beans.
- 6
UKA marshalling yard, classification yard.
verb
- 1
To subject to triage; to prioritize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Triage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Auswahl, Selektierung, Einschätzung, Sichtung , Triage, Ersteinschätzung |
| Portuguese | triagem, seleção , triar |
| Spanish | sorteo, selección , triaje, triage (barbarism) , seleccionar |
| French | triage médical , trier |
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 triage come from?
Borrowed from French triage, from trier (“to sort”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).