trit
/tɹɪt/noun
trit is spelled T-R-I-T: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trit means “The ternary equivalent of a bit; a fundamental unit of information that may take any of three distinct states” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trit is trits.
How many letters and syllables are in trit?
| Letters | 4: T-R-I-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 59 million words; the 240,237th 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 trit?
Trit appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th 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 trit?
- /tɹɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of trit
- trits plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The ternary equivalent of a bit; a fundamental unit of information that may take any of three distinct states.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does trit come from?
Blend of trinary + digit, formed in analogy to bit from binary digit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).