trie
/ˈtɹiː/
"trie" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trie” is uncommon English (frequency #87,923 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,923
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ordered tree data structure that is used to store an associative array where the keys are usually strings.
Corpus desk
Index EN-trie · trie · English
trie · rank #87,923 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,923
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH trebuchet
Nearest frequency peer: trebuchet (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “trie”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- transferee
transferee
12,083 corpus weight
- transhumani…
transhumanism
12,082 corpus weight
- transperson…
transpersonal
12,081 corpus weight
- trebuchet
trebuchet
12,080 corpus weight
- trie
trie
12,078 corpus weight
- Truax
Truax
12,075 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “trie” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹiː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #87,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “trie” in English
Rare enough to double-check
trie is uncommon English at frequency #87,923 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɹiː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An ordered tree data structure that is used to store an associative array where the keys are usually strings.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for trie, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From retrieval. The correct English form is trie, spelled T-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1An ordered tree data structure that is used to store an associative array where the keys are usually strings.
Etymology
From retrieval.
Synonyms
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).