# triple

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtɹɪp.əl/ · frequency rank #4,278

## Definitions
1. Made up of three related elements, often matching
2. Of three times the quantity; treble.
3. Designed for three users.
4. Folded in three; composed of three layers.
5. Having three aspects.
6. Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
7. One of three; third.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.

## Easily confused with
- **trips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/triple-vs-trips)
- **trope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/triple-vs-trope)
- **Tripp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/triple-vs-tripp)
- **trite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/triple-vs-trite)
- **tripod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/triple-vs-tripod)
- **Trixie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/triple-vs-trixie)
- **trippy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/triple-vs-trippy)
- **tripped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/triple-vs-tripped)
- **Tripoli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/triple-vs-tripoli)
- **triples** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/triple-vs-triples)
- **triplet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/triple-vs-triplet)
- **trip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trip-vs-triple)
- **tile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tile-vs-triple)
- **title** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/title-vs-triple)
- **trial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trial-vs-triple)
- **tribe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tribe-vs-triple)
- **trill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trill-vs-triple)
- **tripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-triple)
- **temple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/temple-vs-triple)
- **trials** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trials-vs-triple)

## Common misspellings (9)
`rtiple`, `tirple`, `trilpe`, `tripel`, `triplle`, `tripple`, `trpile`, `trriple`, `ttriple`

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