triplicate
/ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.kət/
"triplicate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“triplicate” is uncommon English (frequency #62,584 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,584
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.
Corpus desk
Index EN-triplicate · triplicate · English
triplicate · rank #62,584 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,584
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH trifles
Nearest frequency peer: trifles (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “triplicate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tortoiseshe…
tortoiseshell
37,421 corpus weight
- toucan
toucan
37,420 corpus weight
- transpire
transpire
37,419 corpus weight
- trifles
trifles
37,418 corpus weight
- triplicate
triplicate
37,417 corpus weight
- TRL
TRL
37,416 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “triplicate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | triplicate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.kət/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,584 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “triplicate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
triplicate is uncommon English at frequency #62,584 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.kət/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for triplicate in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Early 15th century. From Latin triplicātus, perfect passive participle of triplicō (“to triple”) (see -ate), from tri- (“three”) + plicō (“to fold”). By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + plicate, analogous with duplicate. The correct English form is triplicate, spelled T-R-I-P-L-I-C-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.
Etymology
Early 15th century. From Latin triplicātus, perfect passive participle of triplicō (“to triple”) (see -ate), from tri- (“three”) + plicō (“to fold”). By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + plicate, analogous with duplicate.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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