triste

adj

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The verdict

“triste” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,203. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,203
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - afetado por infelicidade ou dor

Corpus desk

Index PT-triste · triste · Portuguese

triste · rank #1,203 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,203
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tiveram

Nearest frequency peer: tiveram (-1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “triste”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “triste” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

triste vs trust
67% similar
triste vs trote
67% similar
triste vs twist
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for triste
PropertyValue
Headwordtriste
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,203
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “triste”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).tristecai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “tiveram” (#1,202), “acreditar” (#1,204), “saída” (#1,201). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “triste” fica em #1,203. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around triste, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,203 among 917 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for triste, with forms such as "rtiste", "tirste", and "triset". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "trust", "trote", "twist", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is triste, spelled T-R-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    afetado por infelicidade ou dor
  2. 2
    caracterizado por dor, sofrimento
  3. 3
    que causa tristeza
  4. 4
    preguiçoso, vadio, bagunceiro

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Estou triste pois meu melhor amigo me traiu.
  2. Na cerimônia ele tocou uma balada triste.

Synonyms

cimérioempongado

Antonyms

alegre

This word in other languages

sad(English)triste(Español)triste(Français)traurig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtiste
  • tirste
  • triset
  • trisste
  • tristte
  • tritse
  • trriste
  • trsite
  • ttriste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of triste - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

rtiste2tirste2triset2trisste1tristte1tritse2trriste1trsite2
Edit distance from "triste"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "triste"?
"triste" is spelled T-R-I-S-T-E.
What does "triste" mean?
As an adjective, "triste" means: afetado por infelicidade ou dor
What words are commonly confused with "triste"?
"triste" is commonly confused with "trust", "trote", "twist". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "triste" come from?
"triste" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

marido#1,197diante#1,190desejo#1,189África#1,185

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

unidade9 variantsdireita9 variantsinteiro9 variantsmatéria9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list