triste
/ˈtɹɪst/
"triste" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“triste” is uncommon English (frequency #82,870 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,870
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-triste · triste · English
triste · rank #82,870 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,870
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH triforce
Nearest frequency peer: triforce (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “triste”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- transposing
transposing
17,136 corpus weight
- tretinoin
tretinoin
17,134 corpus weight
- tricyclic
tricyclic
17,133 corpus weight
- triforce
triforce
17,132 corpus weight
- triste
triste
17,131 corpus weight
- Turlock
Turlock
17,128 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “triste” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | triste |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtɹɪst/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,870 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “triste” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
triste is uncommon English at frequency #82,870 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈtɹɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.".
Zero misspellings are on record for triste in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English trist, triste (-e form is less common), borrowed from Old French trist, triste, from Latin trīstis (“sad, sorrowful”). Re-borrowed late 18c. (as “dull, uninteresting”) as a French word in English and often spelled triste. The correct English form is triste, spelled T-R-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English trist, triste (-e form is less common), borrowed from Old French trist, triste, from Latin trīstis (“sad, sorrowful”). Re-borrowed late 18c. (as “dull, uninteresting”) as a French word in English and often spelled triste.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.