trigram
noun
trigram is spelled T-R-I-G-R-A-M: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trigram means “A trigraph, a sequence of three letters representing one phoneme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trigram is trigrams.
How many letters and syllables are in trigram?
| Letters | 7: T-R-I-G-R-A-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 171,907th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is trigram?
Trigram appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of trigram
- trigrams plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trigram mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A trigraph, a sequence of three letters representing one phoneme.
- 2
An n-gram consisting of three items from a sequence.
- 3
Any of the eight combinations of three complete or broken lines forming half of a hexagram in Chinese system of divination I Ching.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does trigram come from?
From tri- + -gram, literally “three marks”.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).