trifolium
"trifolium" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trifolium” is uncommon English (frequency #98,819 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,819
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of the genus Trifolium of clovers and trefoils.
Corpus desk
Index EN-trifolium · trifolium · English
trifolium · rank #98,819 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,819
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH trion
Nearest frequency peer: trion (+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 “trifolium”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- totty
totty
1,189 corpus weight
- trackball
trackball
1,187 corpus weight
- Trappe
Trappe
1,185 corpus weight
- trifolium
trifolium
1,182 corpus weight
- trion
trion
1,180 corpus weight
- troppo
troppo
1,178 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “trifolium” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trifolium |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,819 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “trifolium” in English
Rare enough to double-check
trifolium is uncommon English at frequency #98,819 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of the genus Trifolium of clovers and trefoils.".
Zero misspellings are on record for trifolium in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the genus name. The correct English form is trifolium, spelled T-R-I-F-O-L-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Any of the genus Trifolium of clovers and trefoils.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trifolium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The larger species (Panax quinquefolium) is rather coarse and ordinary in its appearance; the flowers are very nearly like those of the trifolia, but grow in an irregular and elongated cluster.
The majority of the trifoliums are native to Europe and Asia. Only comparatively few of the trifoliums native to the United States are of food production significance.
Etymology
From the genus name.
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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