# trifling

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtɹaɪfliŋ/ · frequency rank #42,461

## Definitions
1. Trivial, or of little importance.
2. Frivolous.
3. Nasty or dirty.
4. Good-for-nothing; shady or lazy; scrub.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, trifle + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **tripping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trifling-vs-tripping)
- **trolling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trifling-vs-trolling)
- **trimming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trifling-vs-trimming)
- **tiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-trifling)
- **tailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-trifling)
- **toiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toiling-vs-trifling)
- **trailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trailing-vs-trifling)
- **tricking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tricking-vs-trifling)
- **trawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trawling-vs-trifling)
- **thrilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrilling-vs-trifling)
- **trickling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trickling-vs-trifling)

## Common misspellings (13)
`rtifling`, `tirfling`, `trfiling`, `triffling`, `trifilng`, `triflign`, `triflingg`, `triflinng`, `triflling`, `triflnig`, `trilfing`, `trrifling`, `ttrifling`

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