tripé

//tɾi.ˈpɛ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,955

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

tripé is aPortuguesenoun. It means: suporte de três pernas articuladas Pronounced /tɾi.ˈpɛ/. Often confused with true and type.

Key facts for tripé
PropertyValue
Headwordtripé
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tɾi.ˈpɛ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#34,955
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tripé in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for tripé is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɾi.ˈpɛ/. Corpus data places it at rank #34,955 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for tripé, with forms such as "rtipé", "tirpé", and "trippé". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "true", "type", "triz", 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 Portuguese form is tripé, spelled T-R-I-P-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    suporte de três pernas articuladas
  2. 2
    tripeça
  3. 3
    trípode

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtipé,tirpé,trippé,triép,trpié,trripé,ttripé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tripé

Misspelling Variants of "tripé"

rtipé5tirpé5trippé6triép5trpié5trripé6ttripé6
Misspelling Variants of "tripé"

Frequency rank: #34,955 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tripé"?
"tripé" is spelled T-R-I-P-É. The IPA pronunciation is /tɾi.ˈpɛ/.
What does "tripé" mean?
As a noun, "tripé" means: suporte de três pernas articuladas
What words are commonly confused with "tripé"?
"tripé" is commonly confused with "true", "type", "triz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tripé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tripé" is /tɾi.ˈpɛ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tripé" come from?
"tripé" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Portuguese 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.