trine
/tɹaɪn/
"trine" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trine” is uncommon English (frequency #55,825 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,825
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Triple; threefold.
Corpus desk
Index EN-trine · trine · English
trine · rank #55,825 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,825
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH triathlete
Nearest frequency peer: triathlete (-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 “trine”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- transplanti…
transplanting
44,180 corpus weight
- travelogue
travelogue
44,178 corpus weight
- triathlete
triathlete
44,177 corpus weight
- trine
trine
44,176 corpus weight
- Trollope
Trollope
44,174 corpus weight
- trumpeting
trumpeting
44,173 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “trine” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /tɹaɪn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “trine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
trine is uncommon English at frequency #55,825 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /tɹaɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for trine in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English trine, from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus. The correct English form is trine, spelled T-R-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Triple; threefold.
- 2Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how trine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The physicians refer this to their temperament, astrologers to trine and sextile aspects, or opposite of their several ascendants, lords of their genitures, love and hatred of planets […]
Etymology
From Middle English trine, from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus.
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); 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).