trolear
[t̪ɾoleˈaɾ]
The verdict
“trolear” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,489 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,489
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Publicar comentarios provocadores en un intento de incitar argumentos combativos de otros a efectos de entretenimiento personal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trolear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪ɾoleˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trolear” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
trolear is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,489 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t̪ɾoleˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for trolear, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 trolear, spelled T-R-O-L-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Publicar comentarios provocadores en un intento de incitar argumentos combativos de otros a efectos de entretenimiento personal.
- 2Por extensión, acosar a través de las redes sociales, hacer cyberbullying.^([cita requerida])
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 “trolear”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-R-O-L-E-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪ɾoleˈaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.