trinity
/ˈtɹɪnɪti/
"trinity" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trinity” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,371 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,371
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trinity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹɪnɪti/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trinity” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for trinity is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtɹɪnɪti/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,371 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for trinity, with forms such as "rtinity", "tirnity", and "triinty". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English trinite, from Anglo-Norman trinite and Old French ternite (modern French trinité), from Latin trīnitās, from trīnī (“three each”), from trēs (“three”). By surface analysis, trine + -ity. Displaced native Old English þrines (literally “th… The correct English form is trinity, spelled T-R-I-N-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.
- 2The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.
Etymology
From Middle English trinite, from Anglo-Norman trinite and Old French ternite (modern French trinité), from Latin trīnitās, from trīnī (“three each”), from trēs (“three”). By surface analysis, trine + -ity. Displaced native Old English þrines (literally “threeness”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtinity,tirnity,triinty,trinitty,trinityy,triniyt,trinnity,trintiy,trniity,trrinity,ttrinity
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trinity - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “trinity”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-R-I-N-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtɹɪnɪti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.