triultimate

adj

"triultimate" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“triultimate” 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) - Synonym of antepenultimate.

Corpus desk

Index EN-triultimate · triultimate · English

triultimate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for triultimate
PropertyValue
Headwordtriultimate
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “triultimate” in English

triultimatesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

triultimate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of antepenultimate.".

No misspelling variants are generated for triultimate in our index, 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 usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From tri- + ultimate, apparently on account of the fact that it is the third in sequence after ultimate and penultimate. The correct English form is triultimate, spelled T-R-I-U-L-T-I-M-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of antepenultimate.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how triultimate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Penultimate and triultimate rachis 3 x 4 cm wide respectively, with hairs on their surface
  2. However, constraints on the penultimate event for the Rainbow Mountain and triultimate event for the Fourmile Flat fault do overlap slightly, allowing the possibility that they may have ruptured close in time as in 1954.

Etymology

From tri- + ultimate, apparently on account of the fact that it is the third in sequence after ultimate and penultimate.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "triultimate"?
"triultimate" is spelled T-R-I-U-L-T-I-M-A-T-E.
What does "triultimate" mean?
As an adjective, "triultimate" means: Synonym of antepenultimate.
What is the origin of the word "triultimate"?
From tri- + ultimate, apparently on account of the fact that it is the third in sequence after ultimate and penultimate. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list