troppo
/ˈtɹɒpəʊ/
"troppo" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“troppo” is uncommon English (frequency #98,823 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,823
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Crazy, mad, strangely behaving; especially as attributed to hot weather.
Corpus desk
Index EN-troppo · troppo · English
troppo · rank #98,823 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,823
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH trion
Nearest frequency peer: trion (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “troppo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Trappe
Trappe
1,185 corpus weight
- trifolium
trifolium
1,182 corpus weight
- trion
trion
1,180 corpus weight
- troppo
troppo
1,178 corpus weight
- tumulus
tumulus
1,172 corpus weight
- Turok
Turok
1,171 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “troppo” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | troppo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtɹɒpəʊ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,823 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “troppo” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
troppo is uncommon English at frequency #98,823 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈtɹɒpəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Crazy, mad, strangely behaving; especially as attributed to hot weather.".
troppo has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tropical + -o (diminutive suffix). First used by Australian troops in tropical regions during WWII, in the sense “affected by war service in the tropics.” The correct English form is troppo, spelled T-R-O-P-P-O.
Definition
- 1Crazy, mad, strangely behaving; especially as attributed to hot weather.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how troppo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Barry′s gone troppo and married that sheila he′s only known for two weeks.
After three months by himself on his ‘dream’ tropical island he went troppo and smashed all the equipment.
Etymology
From tropical + -o (diminutive suffix). First used by Australian troops in tropical regions during WWII, in the sense “affected by war service in the tropics.”
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.