trillium
/ˈtɹɪli.əm/
"trillium" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trillium” is uncommon English (frequency #59,774 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,774
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several perennial flowering plants, of the genus Trillium, having flowers with three petals
Corpus desk
Index EN-trillium · trillium · English
trillium · rank #59,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,774
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH triglyceride
Nearest frequency peer: triglyceride (-1 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 “trillium”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- trice
trice
40,229 corpus weight
- triglyceride
triglyceride
40,228 corpus weight
- trillium
trillium
40,227 corpus weight
- Trinitarian
Trinitarian
40,226 corpus weight
- trudge
trudge
40,225 corpus weight
- Tuam
Tuam
40,224 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “trillium” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trillium |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹɪli.əm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “trillium” in English
Rare enough to double-check
trillium is uncommon English at frequency #59,774 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɹɪli.əm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of several perennial flowering plants, of the genus Trillium, having flowers with three petals".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for trillium, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the genus name. The correct English form is trillium, spelled T-R-I-L-L-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Any of several perennial flowering plants, of the genus Trillium, having flowers with three petals
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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