tribus
[ˈt̪ɾiβ̞us]
The verdict
“tribus” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,500 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,500
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de tribu.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tribus |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪ɾiβ̞us] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,500 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tribus” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for tribus is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪ɾiβ̞us]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,500 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de tribu.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tribus, with forms such as "rtibus", "tirbus", and "trbius". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "tríos", "tripas", "trizas", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is tribus, spelled T-R-I-B-U-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de tribu.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtibus,tirbus,trbius,tribbus,tribsu,tribuss,triubs,trivus,trribus,ttribus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tribus - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tribus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-R-I-B-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪ɾiβ̞us] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tríos” - see the side-by-side comparison. tribus vs tríos
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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.