troika
/ˈtɹɔɪ.kə/
"troika" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“troika” is uncommon English (frequency #52,059 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,059
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
Corpus desk
Index EN-troika · troika · English
troika · rank #52,059 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,059
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tripura
Nearest frequency peer: Tripura (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “troika”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Topanga
Topanga
47,947 corpus weight
- Tripura
Tripura
47,943 corpus weight
- troika
troika
47,942 corpus weight
- Tula
Tula
47,940 corpus weight
- tunnelling
tunnelling
47,938 corpus weight
- turnoff
turnoff
47,936 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “troika” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | troika |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹɔɪ.kə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “troika” in English
Rare enough to double-check
troika is uncommon English at frequency #52,059 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɹɔɪ.kə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
troika has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Russian тро́йка (trójka, “a group of three”). The correct English form is troika, spelled T-R-O-I-K-A.
Definition
- 1A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
- 2A party or group of three, especially a ruling council of three people in Soviet or Russian contexts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how troika appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A great writer of the last epoch, comparing Russia to a swift troika galloping to an unknown goal, exclaims 'Oh, troika, birdlike troika, who invented thee!' and adds, in proud ecstasy, that all the peoples of the world stand aside respectfully to make way for the recklessly galloping troika to pass.
When Gogol wrote his great passage on the troika speeding across the steppes, he likened it to Russia itself, advancing across the earth.
Etymology
From Russian тро́йка (trójka, “a group of three”).
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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