tripod
/ˈtɹaɪpɑd/
"tripod" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tripod” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,136. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,136
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A three-legged stand or mount.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tripod · tripod · English
tripod · rank #23,136 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,136
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH transnational
Nearest frequency peer: transnational (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “tripod”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Tolkien
Tolkien
76,868 corpus weight
- tout
tout
76,867 corpus weight
- transnation…
transnational
76,866 corpus weight
- tripod
tripod
76,865 corpus weight
- tulip
tulip
76,864 corpus weight
- turnpike
turnpike
76,863 corpus weight
What this shows “tripod” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tripod |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹaɪpɑd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “tripod”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around tripod (IPA /ˈtɹaɪpɑd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,136 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tripod, with forms such as "rtipod", "tirpod", and "triopd". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "trips", "Tripp", "triton", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from Latin tripūs, tripodis, from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus and teapoy. The correct English form is tripod, spelled T-R-I-P-O-D.
Definition
- 1A three-legged stand or mount.
- 2A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).
- 3A man with macrophallism.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tripod appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Recent cell phones offer tripod attachments to take steady photographs.
Etymology
PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from Latin tripūs, tripodis, from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus and teapoy.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtipod
- tirpod
- triopd
- tripdo
- tripodd
- trippod
- trpiod
- trripod
- ttripod
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tripod - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tripod", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).