trialled

verb

"trialled" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“trialled” is uncommon English (frequency #61,176 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,176
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - (Canadian spelling, common) simple past and past participle of trial

Corpus desk

Index EN-trialled · trialled · English

trialled · rank #61,176 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,176
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH tox

Nearest frequency peer: tox (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “trialled”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “trialled” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 2, 2026
Key facts for trialled
PropertyValue
Headwordtrialled
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,176
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “trialled” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). trialled lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

trialled is uncommon English at frequency #61,176 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Canadian spelling, common) simple past and past participle of trial".

trialled doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is trialled, spelled T-R-I-A-L-L-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Canadian spelling, common) simple past and past participle of trial

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how trialled appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Overnight services between Reading and Gatwick Airport are set to be trialled next summer.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trialled"?
"trialled" is spelled T-R-I-A-L-L-E-D.
What does "trialled" mean?
As a verb, "trialled" means: (Canadian spelling, common) simple past and past participle of trial
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "trialled", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list