tribus

/[ˈt̪ɾiβ̞us]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,500

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

tribus is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de tribu. Pronounced [ˈt̪ɾiβ̞us]. It ranks #7,500 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with tríos and tripas.

Key facts for tribus
PropertyValue
Headwordtribus
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪ɾiβ̞us]
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,500
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tribus in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tribus is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for tribus, with forms such as "rtibus", "tirbus", and "trbius". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "tríos", "tripas", "trizas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is tribus, spelled T-R-I-B-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de tribu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtibus,tirbus,trbius,tribbus,tribsu,tribuss,triubs,trivus,trribus,ttribus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tribus

Misspelling Variants of "tribus"

rtibus6tirbus6trbius6tribbus7tribsu6tribuss7triubs6trivus6
Misspelling Variants of "tribus"

Frequency rank: #7,500 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tribus"?
"tribus" is spelled T-R-I-B-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪ɾiβ̞us].
What does "tribus" mean?
As a noun, "tribus" means: Forma del plural de tribu.
What words are commonly confused with "tribus"?
"tribus" is commonly confused with "tríos", "tripas", "trizas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tribus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tribus" is [ˈt̪ɾiβ̞us]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tribus" come from?
"tribus" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.