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trinket

trink·et/ˈtɹɪŋkɪt/noun, verb

trinket is spelled T-R-I-N-K-E-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables (trink·et). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trinket means “A small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trinket is trinkets.

How many letters and syllables are in trinket?

Letters7: T-R-I-N-K-E-T
Syllables2: trink·et
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 41,660th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

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 trinket?

Trinket appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th 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 trinket?

  • US /ˈtɹɪŋkɪt/
  • /ˈtɹɪŋkət/

Trinket has 2 syllables, split trink·et in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-trinket.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with trinket?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as trinket (/ɪŋkɪt/).

Spelled with the same letters in another order: knitter.

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 trinket

  • trinkets plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • trinketing participle, present
  • trinketed participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does trinket mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery.

    That little trinket around her neck must have cost a bundle.

  2. 2

    A thing of little practical and/or monetary value; a toy, a trifle.

    It’s only a little trinket, but it reminds her of him.

  3. 3

    obsoleteA small item of food; a small dainty.

  4. 4

    obsoleteA small item forming part of a set of equipment; an accessory, an accoutrement.

  5. 5

    derogatoryobsoleteAn item used in a religious rite (also, a religious rite, belief, etc.) regarded as superfluous or trivial.

  6. 6

    IrelandScotlandA narrow or small watercourse.

  7. 7

    UKobsoleteA small vessel for drinking from; a cup, a mug, a porringer.

  8. 8

    obsoleteA small sail, specifically, a three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard.

verb

  1. 1

    rareOften followed by out: to adorn (someone or something) with trinkets (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1).

  2. 2

    ScotlandobsoleteTo act in a secret, and often dishonest, way; to have secret, and often dishonest, dealings; to intrigue, to scheme.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Trinket in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchbibelot, breloque, colifichet (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of…), babiole, bricole, broutille (thing of little value – see also trifle)
GermanSchmuck, Schmuckgegenstand, Schmuckstück (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of…), Kinkerlitzchen (thing of little value – see also trifle)
Spanishoropel, perendengue (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of…), baratija, chácharas, chunche (thing of little value – see also trifle)
Portuguesebugiganga, quinquilharia (thing of little value – see also trifle)

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 trinket come from?

The origin of the noun is unknown; the word is possibly related to Old French tryncle (“piece of jewellery”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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