trib
verb, noun
trib is spelled T-R-I-B: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, trib means “To sexually stimulate one's vulva against another person's; to scissor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in trib?
| Letters | 4: T-R-I-B |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 70,702nd 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 trib?
Trib appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd 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 trib?
- Australia
Trib has one syllable (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: En-au-trib.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with trib?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as trib.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: brit, birt.
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 trib
- tribs present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- tribbing participle, present
- tribbed participle, past
- tribs. plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trib mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
slangTo sexually stimulate one's vulva against another person's; to scissor.
noun
- 1
informalA tributary.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does trib come from?
Short for tribadism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).