trisyllabic
/ˌtɹaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
"trisyllabic" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trisyllabic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - having three syllables
Corpus desk
Index EN-trisyllabic · trisyllabic · English
trisyllabic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trisyllabic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌtɹaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “trisyllabic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
trisyllabic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌtɹaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "having three syllables".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for trisyllabic, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tri- + syllabic. The correct English form is trisyllabic, spelled T-R-I-S-Y-L-L-A-B-I-C.
Definition
- 1having three syllables
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how trisyllabic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] how many nonelitist Americans can, without undue difficulty, read as many as a thousand consecutive words of small print, some of which may be trisyllabic?
Etymology
From tri- + syllabic.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.