trilby
[ˈt̪ɾilβ̞i]
The verdict
“trilby” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sombrero de fieltro de ala estrecha, de ala más corta, inclinada hacia abajo por delante y ligeramente vuelta hacia arriba por detrás, en comparación con el fedora.
Corpus desk
Index ES-trilby · trilby · Spanish
trilby · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trilby |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪ɾilβ̞i] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trilby” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
trilby is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪ɾilβ̞i]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sombrero de fieltro de ala estrecha, de ala más corta, inclinada hacia abajo por delante y ligeramente vuelta hacia arriba por detrás, en comparación con el fedora.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for trilby, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is trilby, spelled T-R-I-L-B-Y.
Definition
- 1Sombrero de fieltro de ala estrecha, de ala más corta, inclinada hacia abajo por delante y ligeramente vuelta hacia arriba por detrás, en comparación con el fedora.
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