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triple

/ˈtɹɪp.əl/adjective, noun, verb

triple is spelled T-R-I-P-L-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,224th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, triple means “Made up of three related elements, often matching” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in triple?

Letters6: T-R-I-P-L-E
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing20 times per million words; the 4,224th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 triple?

Triple appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,224th 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 triple?

  • US /ˈtɹɪp.əl/
  • US [ˈtɹɪp.l̩]
  • Australia /ˈtɹɪp.əl/

Triple has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

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

What rhymes with triple?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as triple from its last stressed vowel (/ɪpəl/):

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 triple

  • triples plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • tripling participle, present
  • tripled participle, past

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

What does triple mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Made up of three related elements, often matching

    The triple markings on this vase are quite unique.

  2. 2

    Of three times the quantity; treble.

    Give me a triple serving of mashed potatoes.

  3. 3

    Designed for three users.

    a triple room

  4. 4

    Folded in three; composed of three layers.

  5. 5

    Having three aspects.

    a triple meaning

  6. 6

    Of time, three times as fast as very fast.

  7. 7

    obsoleteOne of three; third.

noun

  1. 1

    Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc.

  2. 2

    informalA drink with three portions of alcohol.

    I've had a hard day; make that a triple.

  3. 3

    Three runs.

  4. 4

    USA hamburger with three patties.

    I'd like a triple with cheese.

  5. 5

    A three-base hit.

    The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth.

  6. 6

    A three-point field goal.

  7. 7

    A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.

  8. 8

    A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.

verb

  1. 1

    To multiply by three.

    The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter.

  2. 2

    To get a three-base hit.

    The batter tripled into the gap.

  3. 3

    To become three times as large.

    Our earnings have tripled in the last year.

  4. 4

    To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.

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

Triple in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchtriple (made up of three related elements), tripler (to multiply by three)
Germandreifach (made up of three related elements), verdreifachen (to multiply by three), sich verdreifachen (to become three times as large)
Portuguesetriplo (made up of three related elements), triplicar (to multiply by three), tripla (sequence of three elements)
Spanishtriple, tresdoble, tríplice (made up of three related elements), triplicar (to multiply by three), triplo (three times the quantity), trestanto (Three times or triple the number, amount, size…)

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 triple come from?

From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.

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

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