trickvstripéWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: trick is a adjective, tripé is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“trick” is an adjective and “tripé” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,582
“trick” frequency rank
#34,955
“tripé” frequency rank
54537
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature trick tripé
Definition que envolve trapaça ou engano suporte de três pernas articuladas

Letter map: trick vs tripé

Shared letters muted; letters that set trick and tripé apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
trick
5 ch
tripé

Grammar separator: trick vs tripé

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: trick is anadjective and tripéanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trick is recorded at frequency rank #19,582, classified as anadj. tripé is at rank #34,955, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tɾi.ˈpɛ/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 54537, this pair ranks #11,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of trick vs tripé

Shared letters: irt. Private to "trick": ck. Private to "tripé": .

"trick" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "tripé" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trickrtick · tirck · trcik · tricck · trickk · trikc · trrick · ttrick

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "trick" for "tripé" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "trick" is an adjective and "tripé" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "trick" vs "tripé" - which ranks higher?
"trick" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,582 in our Portuguese list, against #34,955 for "tripé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "trick" vs "tripé" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "trick" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tripé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #11,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trick" and "tripé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tripé vs triz". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #11,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list