trinity
tri·ni·ty/ˈtɹɪnəti/noun
trinity is spelled T-R-I-N-I-T-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables (tri·ni·ty). It appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trinity means “A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trinity is trinities.
How many letters and syllables are in trinity?
| Letters | 7: T-R-I-N-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: tri·ni·ty |
| In writing | 7.9 times per million words; the 8,266th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is trinity?
Trinity appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th 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).
How do you pronounce trinity?
- UK /ˈtɹɪnɪti/
- US /ˈtɹɪnəti/
- US [-ɾi]
Trinity has 3 syllables, split tri·ni·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-trinity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with trinity?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as trinity from its last stressed vowel (/ɪnəti/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of trinity
- trinities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trinity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.
Near-synonyms: threesome, triad, trio, trine, troika, triumvirate; see also Thesaurus:trio
- 2
The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Trinity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense group or set of three people or things:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | triade, trinité |
| German | Dreifaltigkeit, Trinität, Dreiheit |
| Portuguese | trio |
| Spanish | trío, trinidad |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does trinity come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).