triode
/ˈtɹaɪ.oʊd/noun
triode is spelled T-R-I-O-D-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, triode means “A thermionic valve containing an anode, a cathode, and a control grid; small changes to the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of triode is triodes.
How many letters and syllables are in triode?
| Letters | 6: T-R-I-O-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,884th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 triode?
Triode appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,884th 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 triode?
- UK /ˈtɹaɪ.əʊd/
- US /ˈtɹaɪ.oʊd/
Triode has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-NaomiAmethyst-triode.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with triode?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as triode from its last stressed vowel (/aɪoʊd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: editor.
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 triode
- triodes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does triode mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A thermionic valve containing an anode, a cathode, and a control grid; small changes to the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode, which makes amplification possible.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Triode in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense thermionic valve:
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 triode come from?
From tri- + -ode.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).