trist
/tɹɪst/adjective
trist is spelled T-R-I-S-T: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, trist means “Alternative form of triste (“sad; sorrowful; gloomy”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in trist?
| Letters | 5: T-R-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd 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 trist?
Trist appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd 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 trist?
- /tɹɪst/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-trist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with trist
Also written: triste.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of trist
- trists present, singular, he/she/it
- tristing participle, present
- tristed participle, past
- more trist comparative
- most trist superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of triste (“sad; sorrowful; gloomy”).
noun
- 1
obsoleteTrust, faith.
- 2
obsoleteA set station in hunting.
- 3
obsoleteObsolete form of tryst (“secret meeting”).
George Douglas […] caused a trist to be set between him and the cardinal and four lords; at the which trist he and the cardinal agreed finally.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo trust, have faith in.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).