trident
/ˈtɹaɪ̯dənt/noun
trident is spelled T-R-I-D-E-N-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Trident, the name). As a noun, trident means “A three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trident is tridents.
How many letters and syllables are in trident?
| Letters | 7: T-R-I-D-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is trident?
Trident appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Trident, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce trident?
- /ˈtɹaɪ̯dənt/
Trident has 2 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)-Vininn126-trident.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of trident
- tridents plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trident mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork.
Poseidon's trident
- 2
A curve of third order of the form
xy+ax³+bx²+cx=d,
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Trident in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense three-pronged spear:
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 trident come from?
From Latin tridēns, from tri- (“three”) + dēns (“tooth”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).