tripod
tri·pod/ˈtɹaɪpɑd/noun, verb
tripod is spelled T-R-I-P-O-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables (tri·pod). It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tripod means “A three-legged stand or mount” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tripod is tripods.
How many letters and syllables are in tripod?
| Letters | 6: T-R-I-P-O-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: tri·pod |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tripod?
Tripod appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th 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 tripod?
- UK /ˈtɹaɪpɒd/
- British /ˈtɹɑjpɔd/
- US /ˈtɹaɪpɑd/
Tripod has 2 syllables, split tri·pod in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-tripod.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tripod?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tripod (/aɪpɑd/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: torpid.
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 tripod
- tripods plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- tripoding participle, present
- tripoded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tripod mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A three-legged stand or mount.
Cameras often have tripod attachments, which help when taking steady photographs.
- 2
An organism with three limbs.
- 3
A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).
- 4
slangSomeone with a very large penis.
verb
- 1
To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress.
I tripodded after my 6-mile run.
- 2
Of a lizard, to raise its body upright bracing itself on hind legs and tail.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tripod in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a three-legged stand or mount:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | trépied |
| German | Dreifuß, Dreibeinstativ, Dreibein, Tripod |
| Portuguese | tripé |
| Spanish | trípode, tripié |
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 tripod come from?
Borrowed from Latin tripod- (stem of tripūs, tripodis), from Ancient Greek τρίποδ- (trípod-, stem of τρίπους, τρίποδος (trípous, trípodos), literally “three-footed”); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus, tripos, and teapoy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).