triceratops
/tɹaɪˈsɛɹətɒps/
"triceratops" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“triceratops” is uncommon English (frequency #61,177 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,177
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Common name of the extinct genus Triceratops; herbivorous ceratopsids from the late Cretaceous.
Corpus desk
Index EN-triceratops · triceratops · English
triceratops · rank #61,177 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,177
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH trialled
Nearest frequency peer: trialled (-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 “triceratops”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tox
tox
38,826 corpus weight
- trialled
trialled
38,825 corpus weight
- triceratops
triceratops
38,824 corpus weight
- Tsinghua
Tsinghua
38,823 corpus weight
- turboprop
turboprop
38,822 corpus weight
- Turkana
Turkana
38,821 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “triceratops” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | triceratops |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɹaɪˈsɛɹətɒps/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #61,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “triceratops” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
triceratops is uncommon English at frequency #61,177 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɹaɪˈsɛɹətɒps/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Common name of the extinct genus Triceratops; herbivorous ceratopsids from the late Cretaceous.".
Zero misspellings are on record for triceratops in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From translingual Triceratops, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “face”). The correct English form is triceratops, spelled T-R-I-C-E-R-A-T-O-P-S.
Definition
- 1Common name of the extinct genus Triceratops; herbivorous ceratopsids from the late Cretaceous.
Etymology
From translingual Triceratops, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “face”).
This word in other languages
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "triceratops", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.