trautvstruthWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#8,143
“traut” frequency rank
#29,823
“truth” frequency rank
37966
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature traut truth
Definition bestens bekannt und Wohlbehagen erweckend das, was mit der Realität übereinstimmt; die objektiven Fakten: Wahrheit

Letter map: traut vs truth

Shared letters muted; letters that set traut and truth apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
traut
5 ch
truth

Grammar separator: traut vs truth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: traut is anadjective and truthanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37966, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

traut is recorded at frequency rank #8,143, classified as anadj, pronounced [tʁaʊ̯t]. truth is at rank #29,823, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 37966, this pair ranks #1,576,390 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of traut vs truth

Shared letters: rtu. Private to "traut": a. Private to "truth": h.

"traut" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC  ·  "truth" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trautrtaut · tarut · tratu · trautt · trraut · truat · ttraut
  • truthrtuth · trruth · trtuh · truht · truthh · trutth · ttruth · turth

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "traut" for "truth" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "traut" is an adjective and "truth" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "traut" or "truth"?
"traut" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,143 in our German list, against #29,823 for "truth". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "traut" vs "truth" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "traut" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "truth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,576,390 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "traut" and "truth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs truth". 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 #1,576,390 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list