-triz
[ˈt̪ɾis]
The verdict
“-triz” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma sustantivos y adjetivos, casi siempre femeninos, con el significado de "agente o causante" de lo indicado por la raíz.
Corpus desk
Index ES-triz · -triz · Spanish
-triz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" 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 | -triz |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | [ˈt̪ɾis] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “-triz” en español
Rare enough to double-check
-triz is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed [ˈt̪ɾis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma sustantivos y adjetivos, casi siempre femeninos, con el significado de "agente o causante" de lo indicado por la raíz.".
Zero misspellings are on record for -triz in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 -triz, spelled --T-R-I-Z.
Definition
- 1Forma sustantivos y adjetivos, casi siempre femeninos, con el significado de "agente o causante" de lo indicado por la raíz.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how -triz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
institutriz, directriz, motriz, retardatriz.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.