tritone
/ˈtɹaɪˌtəʊ̯n/
"tritone" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tritone” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An interval of three whole tones.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tritone · tritone · English
tritone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | tritone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹaɪˌtəʊ̯n/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tritone” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tritone is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɹaɪˌtəʊ̯n/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An interval of three whole tones.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tritone, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin tritonus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τρίτονος (trítonos). By surface analysis, tri- + tone. The correct English form is tritone, spelled T-R-I-T-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1An interval of three whole tones.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tritone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: augmented fourth, diminished fifth
The tritone has a pitch ratio close to 17:12.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin tritonus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τρίτονος (trítonos). By surface analysis, tri- + tone.
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.