# trier

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɹaɪə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #35,122

## Definitions
1. One who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard.
2. An instrument used for sampling something.
3. One who tries judicially.
4. A person appointed by law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.
5. That which tries or approves; a test.

## Etymology
From Middle English triour, from Anglo-Norman triour and Middle English trien (equivalent to try + -er).

## Easily confused with
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-true)
- **trip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-trip)
- **trio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-trio)
- **trim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-trim)
- **tris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-tris)
- **trig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-trig)
- **tries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-tries)
- **trips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-trips)
- **Tyler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-tyler)
- **Trish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-trish)
- **tuner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-tuner)
- **Tripp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-tripp)
- **trite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-trite)
- **trill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-trill)
- **tripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-tripe)
- **tuber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-tuber)
- **turner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-turner)
- **trigger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-trigger)
- **trimmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trier-vs-trimmer)
- **tie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tie-vs-trier)

## Common misspellings (7)
`rtier`, `tirer`, `treir`, `trierr`, `trire`, `trrier`, `ttrier`

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