triploid
adjective, noun
triploid is spelled T-R-I-P-L-O-I-D: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, triploid means “Having three sets of chromosomes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in triploid?
| Letters | 8: T-R-I-P-L-O-I-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 131,834th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is triploid?
Triploid appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th 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 triploid?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-triploid.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of triploid
- triploids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does triploid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having three sets of chromosomes.
noun
- 1
A triploid cell.
- 2
A triploid organism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Triploid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having three sets of chromosomes:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | triploïde |
| German | triploid |
| Portuguese | triploide |
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 triploid come from?
From tri- + -ploid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).