# trio

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɹi.əʊ/ · frequency rank #7,864

## Definitions
1. A group of three people or things.
2. A group of three musicians.
3. A piece of music written for three musicians.
4. A passage in the middle of a minuet, frequently in a different key.
5. Any cocktail made with a spirit, a liqueur, and a creamy ingredient.
6. Synonym of three-in-one (“type of fast food”).

## Etymology
PIE word
 *tréyes
1715-25; borrowing from Italian trio.

## Easily confused with
- **two** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-two)
- **try** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-try)
- **tru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-tru)
- **TRP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-trp)
- **tui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-tui)
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-true)
- **trip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-trip)
- **twin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-twin)
- **Troy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-troy)
- **typo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-typo)
- **trot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-trot)
- **tris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-tris)
- **twig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-twig)
- **twit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-twit)
- **TTIP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-ttip)
- **trips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-trips)
- **turbo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-turbo)
- **troop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-troop)
- **Turin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-turin)
- **Trish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-trish)

## Common misspellings (5)
`rtio`, `tiro`, `troi`, `trrio`, `ttrio`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/trio