troll

/[ˈt̪ɾol]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,034

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

troll is aSpanishnoun. It means: Grafía anticuada de trol. Pronounced [ˈt̪ɾol]. Often confused with tron and trono.

Key facts for troll
PropertyValue
Headwordtroll
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪ɾol]
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,034
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of troll in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for troll is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪ɾol]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,034 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Grafía anticuada de trol.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for troll, with forms such as "rtoll", "torll", and "trlol". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "tron", "trono", "tropa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is troll, spelled T-R-O-L-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grafía anticuada de trol.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtoll,torll,trlol,trroll,ttroll

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for troll

Misspelling Variants of "troll"

rtoll5torll5trlol5trroll6ttroll6
Misspelling Variants of "troll"

Frequency rank: #14,034 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "troll"?
"troll" is spelled T-R-O-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪ɾol].
What does "troll" mean?
As a noun, "troll" means: Grafía anticuada de trol.
What words are commonly confused with "troll"?
"troll" is commonly confused with "tron", "trono", "tropa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "troll"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "troll" is [ˈt̪ɾol]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "troll" come from?
"troll" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.