trinquete
[t̪ɾĩŋˈket̪e]
The verdict
“trinquete” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,004 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,004
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mástil de proa de un velero con más de un mástil y sin considerar el bauprés ni su posible mastelero. Si dicho palo es el mayor de la embarcación, tampoco se llamará trinquete, sino palo mayor.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trinquete |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪ɾĩŋˈket̪e] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,004 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trinquete” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
trinquete is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,004 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪ɾĩŋˈket̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for trinquete, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is trinquete, spelled T-R-I-N-Q-U-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1Mástil de proa de un velero con más de un mástil y sin considerar el bauprés ni su posible mastelero. Si dicho palo es el mayor de la embarcación, tampoco se llamará trinquete, sino palo mayor.
- 2Verga mayor que se cruza sobre el palo de proa.
- 3Vela que va en dicha verga.
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 “trinquete”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-R-I-N-Q-U-E-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪ɾĩŋˈket̪e] (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.