triplicarvstrípliceWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: triplicar is a verb, tríplice is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“triplicar” is a verb and “tríplice” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,712
“triplicar” frequency rank
#23,156
“tríplice” frequency rank
65868
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature triplicar tríplice
Definition tornar-se o triplo (do que se era antes) que consta de três elementos

Letter map: triplicar vs tríplice

Shared letters muted; letters that set triplicar and tríplice apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. triplicar runs 9 letters (CCVCCVCVC) against tríplice's 8 (CCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
triplicar
8 ch
tríplice

Role in the sentence - triplicar and tríplice

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: triplicar is averb and trípliceanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

triplicar is recorded at frequency rank #42,712, classified as averb, pronounced /tɾi.pli.ˈkaɾ/. tríplice is at rank #23,156, tagged as anadj.

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 65868, this pair ranks #5,215 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of triplicar vs tríplice

Shared letters: cilprt. Private to "triplicar": a. Private to "tríplice": eí.

"triplicar" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC  ·  "tríplice" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • triplicar ← rtiplicar · tirplicar · trilpicar · tripilcar · triplciar · tripliacr · triplicarr · tripliccar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "triplicar" and "tríplice" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "triplicar" is a verb and "tríplice" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "triplicar" vs "tríplice" - which ranks higher?
"tríplice" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,156 in our Portuguese list, against #42,712 for "triplicar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "triplicar" and "tríplice". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "triplicar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tríplice" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,215 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #5,215 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