Trojan horse
"trojan-horse" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Trojan horse” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A subversive person or device placed within the ranks of the enemy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Trojan horse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Trojan horse” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Trojan horse is 12 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for Trojan horse in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Trojan horse, spelled T-R-O-J-A-N- -H-O-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1A subversive person or device placed within the ranks of the enemy.
- 2A malicious program that is disguised as legitimate software.
- 3A seemingly favorable offer designed to trick customers into making exorbitant payments.
- 4A person, organization, social movement, piece of legislation, or ideology with a negative agenda or evil intentions under the guise of positive values or good intentions.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Trojan horse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-R-O-J-A-N- -H-O-R-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.