trilingüe
[t̪ɾiˈlĩŋgwe]
The verdict
“trilingüe” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,149 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,149
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que sabe hablar tres lenguas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trilingüe |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t̪ɾiˈlĩŋgwe] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,149 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trilingüe” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
trilingüe is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,149 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [t̪ɾiˈlĩŋgwe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
trilingüe has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is trilingüe, spelled T-R-I-L-I-N-G-Ü-E.
Definition
- 1Que sabe hablar tres lenguas.
- 2Que se refiere a, se ofrece en, o contiene tres idiomas.
This word in other languages
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 “trilingüe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-R-I-L-I-N-G-Ü-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪ɾiˈlĩŋgwe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.