triton
noun
triton is spelled T-R-I-T-O-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Triton, the name). As a noun, triton means “the nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of triton is tritons.
How many letters and syllables are in triton?
| Letters | 6: T-R-I-T-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,789th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is triton?
Triton appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Triton, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce triton?
Triton has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-triton.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of triton
- tritons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does triton mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
the nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons.
- 2
Any of several marine gastropods of the family Ranellidae, which have a pointed spiral shell.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Triton in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tritium nucleus:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does triton come from?
From trit- + -on. From tritium, from Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).