# trickle

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɹɪkəl/ · frequency rank #21,102

## Definitions
1. A very thin river.
2. A very thin flow; the sound of such a flow.

## Etymology
From Middle English triklen, likely a rebracketing (e.g. teres strikled > teerys trikled (“tears trickled”)) of Middle English striklen (“to trickle”), equivalent to strike + -le.
For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, umpire.

## Easily confused with
- **triple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trickle-vs-triple)
- **tricks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trickle-vs-tricks)
- **tricky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trickle-vs-tricky)
- **trifle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trickle-vs-trifle)
- **twinkle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trickle-vs-twinkle)
- **Trimble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trickle-vs-trimble)
- **tricycle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trickle-vs-tricycle)
- **trick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trick-vs-trickle)
- **tackle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tackle-vs-trickle)
- **tickle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tickle-vs-trickle)
- **thicke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicke-vs-trickle)
- **thickly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thickly-vs-trickle)

## Common misspellings (11)
`rtickle`, `tirckle`, `trcikle`, `tricckle`, `trickel`, `trickkle`, `tricklle`, `triclke`, `trikcle`, `trrickle`, `ttrickle`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/trickle