trounce
/tɹaʊns/verb, noun
trounce is spelled T-R-O-U-N-C-E: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, trounce means “To beat severely; to thrash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in trounce?
| Letters | 7: T-R-O-U-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 92,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 trounce?
Trounce appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th 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 trounce?
- US /tɹaʊns/
Trounce has one syllable (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: En-uk-trounce.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with trounce?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as trounce from its last stressed vowel (/aʊns/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: counter, recount.
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 trounce
- trounces present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- trouncing participle, present
- trounced participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trounce mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To beat severely; to thrash.
- 2
To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
The German team trounced the Brazilians by 7 goals to 1.
- 3
To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
- 4
UKTo punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.
- 5
UKTo walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
- 6
UKTo pass across or over; to traverse.
- 7
UKTo travel quickly over a long distance.
noun
- 1
An act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
- 2
UKA walk involving some difficulty or effort; a trek, a tramp, a trudge.
- 3
UKA journey involving quick travel; also, one that is dangerous or laborious.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Trounce in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | rosser, battre , écraser, pulvériser |
| German | verhauen, verprügeln, verkloppen, verklopfen , vernichtend schlagen, einmachen |
| Spanish | aplastar, dar una paliza |
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 trounce come from?
The origin of the verb is unknown; it is perhaps related to Old French troncer, troncher, troncir, tronchir (“to cut; to cut a piece from; to retrench”), from Old French tronce, tronche (“stump; piece of wood”). However, the English and Old French words differ in meaning. The noun is derived from the verb.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).