trigon
/ˈtɹaɪɡɒn/
"trigon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trigon” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A triangle.
Corpus desk
Index EN-trigon · trigon · English
trigon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trigon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹaɪɡɒn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “trigon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
trigon is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɹaɪɡɒn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for trigon, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek τρίγωνον (trígōnon, “triangle”), neuter substantive of τρίγωνος (trígōnos, “three-sided”), from τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + γωνία (gōnía, “bend, angle”). Equivalent to tri- + -gon. Doublet of trigone and trigonon. The correct English form is trigon, spelled T-R-I-G-O-N.
Definition
- 1A triangle.
- 2An ancient triangular harp of Oriental origin which had four strings and was often used for banquet music. Also called sabbeka, sackbut, sambuca.
- 3A division consisting of three star signs.
- 4A trine; an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other.
- 5An old ball game played by three people standing in a triangular formation. (See Wikipedia's entry for the game)
- 6The cusp (cutting region) of the crown of an upper molar, usually the anterior part.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trigon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Cancer trigon is composed of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces
In the horoscope of Christ's nativity.[…]Whether a trigon or no, this tetragon I am sure there was.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τρίγωνον (trígōnon, “triangle”), neuter substantive of τρίγωνος (trígōnos, “three-sided”), from τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + γωνία (gōnía, “bend, angle”). Equivalent to tri- + -gon. Doublet of trigone and trigonon.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.