trolear

[t̪ɾoleˈaɾ]

/[t̪ɾoleˈaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“trolear” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,489 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,489
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Publicar comentarios provocadores en un intento de incitar argumentos combativos de otros a efectos de entretenimiento personal.

Corpus desk

Index ES-trolear · trolear · Spanish

trolear · rank #83,489 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,489
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH tried

Nearest frequency peer: tried (-3 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “trolear”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “trolear” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for trolear
PropertyValue
Headwordtrolear
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t̪ɾoleˈaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,489
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “trolear” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.trolearcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “tried” (#83,486), “trena” (#83,484), “traspasaron” (#83,482). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “trolear” va en #83,489. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

trolear is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,489 among 3,005 “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

  1. 1
    Publicar comentarios provocadores en un intento de incitar argumentos combativos de otros a efectos de entretenimiento personal.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, acosar a través de las redes sociales, hacer cyberbullying.^([cita requerida])

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how trolear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ese chico fue troleado por todo el mundo en Twitter.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trolear"?
"trolear" is spelled T-R-O-L-E-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪ɾoleˈaɾ].
What does "trolear" mean?
As a verb, "trolear" means: Publicar comentarios provocadores en un intento de incitar argumentos combativos de otros a efectos de entretenimiento personal.
How do you pronounce "trolear"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trolear" is [t̪ɾoleˈaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trolear" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "trolear", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list