trochee
/ˈtɹoʊ.ki/noun
trochee is spelled T-R-O-C-H-E-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trochee means “A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trochee is trochees.
How many letters and syllables are in trochee?
| Letters | 7: T-R-O-C-H-E-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is trochee?
Trochee appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th 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 trochee?
- /ˈtɹəʊki/
- US /ˈtɹoʊ.ki/
Trochee has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-trochee.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with trochee?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as trochee from its last stressed vowel (/oʊki/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of trochee
- trochees plural
- troch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trochee mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate trochee?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of trochee: troch..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Trochee in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a metrical foot:
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 trochee come from?
Borrowed from French trochée, via Latin trochaeus from the Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), derived from τρέχω (trékhō, “run”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).