# trite

> English word · Adjective · IPA /tɹaɪt/ · frequency rank #37,261

## Definitions
1. Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
2. So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.

## Etymology
From Latin trītus (“worn out”), perfect passive participle of terō (“I wear away, wear out”).

## Easily confused with
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trite-vs-true)
- **trot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trite-vs-trot)
- **twit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trite-vs-twit)
- **truth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trite-vs-truth)
- **twice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trite-vs-twice)
- **truce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trite-vs-truce)
- **trope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trite-vs-trope)
- **trove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trite-vs-trove)
- **twine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trite-vs-twine)
- **triton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trite-vs-triton)
- **Trixie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trite-vs-trixie)
- **tie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tie-vs-trite)
- **tri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tri-vs-trite)
- **tit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tit-vs-trite)
- **tre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tre-vs-trite)
- **time** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/time-vs-trite)
- **trip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trip-vs-trite)
- **tree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tree-vs-trite)
- **tide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-trite)
- **tire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-trite)

## Common misspellings (7)
`rtite`, `tirte`, `triet`, `tritte`, `trrite`, `trtie`, `ttrite`

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