# tripod

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɹaɪpɑd/ · frequency rank #23,136

## Definitions
1. A three-legged stand or mount.
2. A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).
3. A man with macrophallism.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *tréyes
Borrowed from Latin tripūs, tripodis, from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus and teapoy.

## Easily confused with
- **trips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripod-vs-trips)
- **Tripp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripod-vs-tripp)
- **triton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripod-vs-triton)
- **trippy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripod-vs-trippy)
- **tripped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripod-vs-tripped)
- **Tripoli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripod-vs-tripoli)
- **trip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trip-vs-tripod)
- **trio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-tripod)
- **tried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-tripod)
- **triad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/triad-vs-tripod)
- **tripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tripe-vs-tripod)
- **triple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/triple-vs-tripod)

## Common misspellings (9)
`rtipod`, `tirpod`, `triopd`, `tripdo`, `tripodd`, `trippod`, `trpiod`, `trripod`, `ttripod`

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