How is that word pronounced? If it's pronounced "tree", it clashes with the name of another data structure. But if it's pronounced "try", it clashes with the name of a reserved word in many languages.
The idea was independently described in 1960 by Edward Fredkin, who coined the term trie, pronouncing it /ˈtriː/ (as "tree"), after the middle syllable of retrieval. However, other authors pronounce it /ˈtraɪ/ (as "try"), in an attempt to distinguish it verbally from "tree".
Minutes of fun to be had in trying to pronounce it at the precise midpoint of however you pronounce "tree" and "try".
(That word breaks my brain, too - the above is a coping mechanism.)
In the past I recall reading/hearing "trie-tree" (pronounced "try tree") as an ambiguity reducer, but I don't know how common that is now, or ever was.
How is that word pronounced? If it's pronounced "tree", it clashes with the name of another data structure. But if it's pronounced "try", it clashes with the name of a reserved word in many languages.