triathlon
/tɹaɪˈæθˌlɑn/noun
triathlon is spelled T-R-I-A-T-H-L-O-N. The wrong spelling people search most is triathalon: about 520 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Triathlon is a noun meaning “An athletics event in which contestants compete in swimming, cycling and running in turn”. The plural of triathlon is triathlons.
How many letters and syllables are in triathlon?
| Letters | 9: T-R-I-A-T-H-L-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,906th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, triathalon, about 520 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell triathlon?
Triathlon is spelled T-R-I-A-T-H-L-O-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for triathlon 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 triathlon?
Triathlon appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th 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 triathlon?
- UK /tɹaɪˈæθlɒn/
- US /tɹaɪˈæθˌlɑn/
- US /tɹaɪˈæθəˌlɑn/
Triathlon has 3 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-triathlon.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with triathlon?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as triathlon from its last stressed vowel (/æθlɑn/):
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 triathlon
- triathlons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does triathlon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An athletics event in which contestants compete in swimming, cycling and running in turn.
- 2
A former Olympic athletics event in which contestants compete in long jump, shot put, and 100-yard dash.
- 3
Generally, a sports event in which contestant compete in a combination of three sports.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Triathlon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 triathlon come from?
From tri- + -athlon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).