trivia
/ˈtɹɪvi.ə/noun
trivia is spelled T-R-I-V-I-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trivia means “Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trivia is trivias.
How many letters and syllables are in trivia?
| Letters | 6: T-R-I-V-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,613th 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 trivia?
Trivia appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th 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 trivia?
- US /ˈtɹɪvi.ə/
Trivia has 3 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-trivia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of trivia
- trivias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trivia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information.
These trivia take up too much of the day.
- 2
A quiz game that involves obscure facts.
I joined the trivia club this semester!
- 3
plural of trivium
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Trivia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense insignificant trifles of little importance:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bagatelles, fadaises |
| German | Trivia, Varia, Nichtigkeiten, Kleinigkeiten, Minuzien |
| Portuguese | curiosidade |
| Spanish | trivia |
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 trivia come from?
From Latin trivia, plural of trivium (“place where three roads meet”). The term came to be used for any public place, and then for anything commonplace. Furthermore, because the beginners' course at university was called trivium, the word came to be used only for anything basic, simple and trivial.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).