Katherine's Enneagram Tritype® Test v8
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Important Notes and Test Instructions:
How to Take the Enneagram Tritype® Test (ETTv8)
Technical Instructions, Do's and Don'ts
- Take the test on a computer. Mobile devices can cause interruptions and recording errors.
- Don't use the browser's back button, refresh, or reload. These actions may erase your answers.
- Set aside uninterrupted time to take the test. Do not take calls, check email, switch tabs, take screenshots, or walk away.
- Finish the test within a 30–40 minute sitting. Timing out or leaving the page can result in lost answers.
- Use only the purple "Start" and "Next" buttons to move through the test.
- Responses are not saved until the test is fully completed. Partial attempts are not recorded.
- Don't take screenshots during or after the test. Doing so interferes with the recording and delivery of your results.
- Enter your email address carefully. Double-check for accuracy to ensure you receive your results summary.
Best Practices: For the Most Accurate Results
How to answer the questions and how to make your selections.
- Answer quickly and instinctively. For best results, avoid overthinking or analyzing.
- Do not count the number of adjectives to make a decision. Go with the overall emotional resonance of the Enneacard.
- Do not select or reject an Enneacard based on a single word. That is an emotional reaction instead of the overarching “Gestalt."
- Don’t ask others for input. This will reflect their perception of you rather than you inner world
- Ignore recent behavioral changes. Your types and Tritype® don't change; however, your behaviors and identifications can change.
- Be honest with yourself. Avoid idealizing, minimizing, hiding, or compensating when answering.
- Focus on your motivations, not your actions. The Enneagram reveals why you do what you do—other systems name what you do.
- Answer based on what has been true for you, most of your life —most of the time — not who you could be, should be, want to be, or you have become.
Why it's Important to Answer According to Your Motivations
For accurate Typing and Trityping®, it is critically important to determine your motivations rather than focusing on your behaviors.
- The Enneagram is the only personality typology based on motivation. All other personality typologies are based on behaviors and identifications. Making selections based on behaviors and identifications often leads to mistyping. If you have changed in the past year, for example, saying "I'm not that way anymore" is an example of a change in behavior, the motivation remains the same.
- To get around your Super Ego you need to take this test accordingly.
- Answer the test questions based on what has been true for you — most of your life most of the time — not who you could be, should be, want to be, or have become.
- To discover your motivations rather than your behaviors the test needs to be taken with spontaneity and immediate responses rather than contemplation, thinking over things, or second guessing and replacing with what you'd "prefer."
Troubleshooting
- Trouble taking the test on a phone? Try a laptop or computer instead
- Didn't get your results summary and link by email? Check your spam/junk folder
- If you have issues accessing your results email info@katherinefauvre.com
About the Enneagram Tritype® Test: Type, Tritype®, Instinctual Type, and Instinctual Stacking
Created in 2020, the Enneagram Tritype® Test v8 combines ten integrated testing instruments into one seamless experience. These findings are grounded in data collected from tens of thousands of international Enneagram study participants, ages 12 to 100, that began in 1994. It reflects over four decades of qualitative Enneagram research into the “internal experiences” of the Enneagram types and Subtypes and Tritypes®, including 24 in-depth studies involving three-hour interviews, panel observations, language pattern analysis, sentence completion, true-false, and multiple-choice assessments, ranking and sorting tests, visual archetypes, and thematic evaluations of the types' and Subtypes' "internal experiences."
Purpose of ETTv8
The purpose of the Enneagram Tritype® Test v8 (ETTv8) is to identify the most likely Enneagram Type, Tritype®, and Instinctual Type of Enneagram Enthusiasts. In particular, it was created to assist those who exhibit the unique patterns, language, or response styles associated with the primary types—3, 6, and 9. These types are naturally adaptive and often focus on external behaviors rather than internal motivations. When the ETTv8 detects these specific markers, it alerts the test-taker that their responses reflect key traits consistent with one or more of these primary types. This feedback helps them consider that Type 3, 6, or 9 may play a central role in their Tritype® configuration—even if they previously dismissed it. The aim is not to force a type, but to shine a light on what may be hidden beneath adaptation, identification, or doubt.
How ETTv8 Works
The primary purpose of the ETTv8 is to help Enneagram enthusiasts accurately identify their Type, Tritype®, and Instinctual Stackings as early and reliably as possible—minimizing the confusion and delays caused by mistypings.
ETTv8 integrates ten separate testing instruments with advanced logic sequencing and language algorithms modeled on how each type naturally describes their core character—particularly how they would introduce and describe themselves to a total stranger. It also includes special programming for those with more than one Primary Type in their Tritype®, especially 3s, 6s, and 9s, who tend to mask their deeper drives beneath polished social personas.
Most people mistype because they select answers based on observable behaviors, surface traits, or identity roles. But behavior is only the starting point. Accurate typing requires looking beneath the surface—into the emotional engine that drives you. The Tritype® system reveals your inner structure: idealized self-images, core fears, deep convictions, and defense strategies. These unconscious patterns shape how you see the world and yourself even when contradicting your conscious identity.
ETTv8 Pattern Detection
ETTv8 was designed with specialized programming to recognize patterns unique to each Enneagram Type. It was created to address the high rate of mistypings by including the words, pictures, and phrases submitted by the types and the actual language, expressions, and symbolic imagery used by the types themselves.
Why (3, 6, 9) are Often Mistyped
The Enneagram is a Trialectic 9-fold system, so statistically speaking, there are more Enneagram Type 9s, 6s, and 3s with the 369 Tritype® than any other types or Tritypes®. In particular, the most indecisive behavior-tracking elements are the social instinctual 6s, 9s, and 3s. So, most of the population has one or more primary types; it is just a matter of finding the hidden motivations of these types within a Tritype® to recognize them.
Primary Types (3,6,9)
The three primary types—3, 6, and 9—take longer to accurately Tritype® and confirm their types because they serve as the center of each triad: heart (234), head (567), and gut (891). These primary types are positioned at the center of their respective triads and are meant to modulate their feelings (3), thoughts (6), and behaviors (9) to create a sense of balance. For example, Type 6 toggles between trust and suspicion to find certainty, while Type 9 mediates between conflict and harmony to maintain peace. As a result, they are highly adaptive and tend to see multiple sides of a situation, making them more indecisive and more likely to type themselves based on what they do rather than why they do it. Their defense strategies focus on tracking behaviors, managing uncertainty, and staying safe—leading them to confuse external behavior with internal motivation.
Primary Types (3,6,9):Most Common Mistypings
Mistyping and Mistrityping® are natural parts of the discovery process and most commonly occur with the social instinctual types, due to the social’s need to track the behaviors of others to be safe. As a result, they mistype as well. So the 936, 963, 639 Tritype® combinations often include a 6 or 9 or both.
Primary Types (3,6,9): Need for Internal Balance
Because 3s, 6s, and 9s shape-shift between their wing types to maintain internal balance, they often type themselves through the lens of social roles or habitual behaviors. This adaptive quality obscures their core motivations, making it difficult to distinguish between identification and their authentic inner drive. The ETTv8 was built to detect these patterns and support deeper self-recognition.
Primary Types (3,6,9): Hardwired to focus on Behaviors
They are hardwired to track behaviors and act according to the situation at hand to create, maintain, or restore a sense of balance in their respective triad. As a result of their adaptations, they take on the behaviors of the other types in their triad and can appear less distinct. They then identify with the more idealized or stronger type in their triad rather than their core type, which is more hidden but serves as the actual puppeteer of their defensive strategies.
They do not relate to the negative traits of the types they identify with. This is because they need to have the required adaptability to feel safe. The 3s, 6s, and 9s identify with the other types whose behaviors they exhibit rather than their own internal type motivations. They adapt to their wing types and lines of connection, appearing more invisible while still maintaining a sense of balance.
What is noteworthy is that the 3s, 6s, and 9s choose types that make their behaviors seem acceptable. For example, if they think they are too emotional, they will identify as the 4 rather than the 3. If they are too angry, they will identify as type 8 rather than type cp6 or type 9. If they are too blaming, they will identify with type 1 to justify it. If they are smart and socially awkward, they will identify as type 5. If they are outgoing, they will identify with type 7 instead of type 6.
How Instinctual Types Influence Mistyping
The social instinctual types also adjust. In particular, social 6 and social 9 are often mistaken for other types initially. This occurs because they overly focus on external behaviors and struggle to understand their underlying internal motivations.
Research Findings
Research suggests that it is easier for individuals to consider and observe their idealized self-images, core fears, and actual defense strategies. They must have all three sets of idealized self-images, core fears, and defense strategies to be a Tritype®. This approach has proven to make typing easier than trying to make sense of motivations that appear to be constantly changing to the 369s.
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Reviews for the Enneagram Tritype® Test
Flawed Analysis
I believe that this test can be potent in determining what an individual’s Enneagram is, but you cannot leave the result up to images. A test taker can easily mess up genuine results because witnessing a desirable set of traits is different from what traits they possess. The test specifically questions the user on what image they “Identify” with; this is not the same as what describes them. My results, for instance, are quite confusing as the test suggests that I am the 8 Enneagram and 845 Tritype when I clearly state in the initial questions that my greatest weakness is hesitation in the face of a stressful situation I do not know how to handle. This examination does not consider my answers which skew towards the Type 1 Enneagram either. If there is a follow-up set of test results where an informed employee or associate reviews the results and adjusts the typing, then I would understand the lack of depth seen in the body of the quiz. Please have someone review the results as well to drastically improve results, an algorithm can work only if there are incredibly precise questions involved.
Response from Enneagram Tritype® Test v8
Test Taker Comment: Flawed Analysis:
I believe that this test can be potent in determining what an individual’s Enneagram is, but you cannot leave the result up to images.
A test taker can easily mess up genuine results because witnessing a desirable set of traits is different from what traits they possess. The test specifically questions the user on what image they “Identify” with; this is not the same as what describes them.
My results, for instance, are quite confusing, as the test suggests that I am the 8 Enneagram and 845 Tritype when I clearly state in the initial questions that my greatest weakness is hesitation in the face of a stressful situation I do not know how to handle. This examination does not consider my answers, which skew towards the Type 1 Enneagram, either. If there is a follow-up set of test results where an informed employee or associate reviews the results and adjusts the typing, then I would understand the lack of depth seen in the body of the quiz. Please have someone review the results as well to drastically improve results; an algorithm can work only if there are incredibly precise questions involved.
Katherine’s Response: Complex Type 649
These are excellent points and common for thos with 6 and 9 in their Tritype®. For this reason I will give write a longer response. Of interest, and for what it is worth, your comments reflect the kinds of questions and concerns of emotionally complex Type 6, with 4 and usuall9 in their Tritype®, who need their questions answered and given specific details they identify with before they can feel more certain of their types. It means you have all 7 special notices alterting you that your had the special pattern and word choices of the 6 and 9. When this happens it means that is a very high probability that you have the 649 Tritype®.
The ETTv8.1 is actually made up of 12 tests within a single instrument. It was created from four decades of research involving hundreds of thousands of test takers, with a primary focus on the “internal experiences of the Enneagram Types and Subtypes.” This research led to my discovery of the Tritypes®, Countertypes, the Lexicon (common vocabulary) used by the Types, Instincts, and Tritypes®.
The ETTv8.1 was specially programmed to detect the patterns associated with Types 6, 9, and 3. The instructions emphasize making choices based on who you have been for most of your life, most of the time; not who you should be, could be, want to be, need to be, or have become. 😉
Types 6 and 9 are often looking for a description that matches them exactly. This is because they are innately hard-wired to pay attention to behaviors (their own and others’) rather than their deeper, more hidden motivations, which can make it more difficult for them to type themselves with confidence.
This is not a failing. Types 6, 9, and, to some degree, Type 3 are the primary types that are meant to track inconsistencies and uncertainties and adapt to what is happening around them. Their hesitation is often part of their effort to feel safe and avoid making the wrong decision.
The defense strategies of the 6,9, and 3 are organized around adapting to the situation at hand to avoid problems and/or conflicts and to maintain a sense of balance and security. As a result, they may identify more readily with their changing behaviors rather than with the deeper motivations underlying those behaviors.
If you have not already done so, I suggest paying close attention to your Special Notices and why they are important. They indicate that you are one of the types that commonly experiences difficulty or frustration with testing instruments that feel too vague. It may therefore be instructive to fully read all of the tabs included with your test results.
Consider your idealized self-images and the core fears that arise when they are challenged and theway you use hesitation and or irritability to magen distress. Pay attention to what you say when you are in doubt and fear with frustration; what are the phrases and words you use when feeling stress about the unknown to identify the crazy irrational fears that are lurking under your defensive behaviors.
Over time, these distinctions may help explain the need to hesitate, question, and/or doubt a system or testing instrument, and the need to do more research to find answers that give greater certainty. It is important to note that the Enneagram is the only personality typology that is not based on behaviors.
The question is: Did you receive any Special Notices indicating Type 6 in your Tritype®? Your test answers and language choices suggest the investigative, introverted, emotionally complex sp/sx 649. The type will frequently identify with the 5 and 4 and often 1 or 8. The collections of cards and the patterns reveal the 6 over the 5 and the 9 over the 8. It is common for the sensitive, emotionally complex 649 to identify with Type 5, 4, and/or 8; it is also common for the 6 to identify with Type 9, but they will usually have chosen the 6 cards in their Enneaspreads tab.
The images used in the test were submitted by the types themselves during the initial research. They were not arbitrarily selected as desirable representations of personality traits. More information about this research can be found at katherinefauvre.com/research and enneagramtritypetest.com.
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