triplane

adj

"triplane" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“triplane” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Composed of, or relating to, three planes (flat surfaces extending infinitely in all directions).

Corpus desk

Index EN-triplane · triplane · English

triplane · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for triplane
PropertyValue
Headwordtriplane
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “triplane” in English

triplaneranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

triplane is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Composed of, or relating to, three planes (flat surfaces extending infinitely in all directions).".

triplane doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From tri- + plane. The correct English form is triplane, spelled T-R-I-P-L-A-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Composed of, or relating to, three planes (flat surfaces extending infinitely in all directions).

Etymology

From tri- + plane.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "triplane"?
"triplane" is spelled T-R-I-P-L-A-N-E.
What does "triplane" mean?
As an adjective, "triplane" means: Composed of, or relating to, three planes (flat surfaces extending infinitely in all directions).
What is the origin of the word "triplane"?
From tri- + plane. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list