trying

//ˈtɹaɪ.ɪŋ// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#61,979

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

trying is aSpanishverb. It means: Intentando,probando, enjuiciando, participio del verbo try. Pronounced /ˈtɹaɪ.ɪŋ/.

Key facts for trying
PropertyValue
Headwordtrying
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈtɹaɪ.ɪŋ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,979
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for trying is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtɹaɪ.ɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #61,979 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Intentando,probando, enjuiciando, participio del verbo try.".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for trying in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 trying, spelled T-R-Y-I-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Intentando,probando, enjuiciando, participio del verbo try.

Frequency rank: #61,979 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trying"?
"trying" is spelled T-R-Y-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtɹaɪ.ɪŋ/.
What does "trying" mean?
As a verb, "trying" means: Intentando,probando, enjuiciando, participio del verbo try.
How do you pronounce "trying"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trying" is /ˈtɹaɪ.ɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trying" come from?
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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.