troika
/ˈtɹɔɪ.kə/noun
troika is spelled T-R-O-I-K-A: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, troika means “A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of troika is troikas or troiki.
How many letters and syllables are in troika?
| Letters | 6: T-R-O-I-K-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,738th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 troika?
Troika appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th 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 troika?
- US /ˈtɹɔɪ.kə/
Troika has 2 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-troika.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with troika?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as troika from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɪkə/):
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 troika
- troikas plural
- troiki plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does troika mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
- 2
A party or group of three, especially a ruling council of three people in Soviet or Russian contexts.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Troika in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense carriage:
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 troika come from?
From Russian тро́йка (trójka, “a group of three”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).