trübtvstruthTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#39,671
“trübt” frequency rank
#29,823
“truth” frequency rank
69494
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature trübt truth
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs trüben das, was mit der Realität übereinstimmt; die objektiven Fakten: Wahrheit

Letter map: trübt vs truth

Shared letters muted; letters that set trübt and truth apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. trübt and truth follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
trübt
5 ch
truth

Role in the sentence - trübt and truth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: trübt is averb and truthanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69494, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trübt is recorded at frequency rank #39,671, classified as averb, pronounced [tʁyːpt]. 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 69494, this pair ranks #474,886 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of trübt vs truth

Shared letters: rt. Private to "trübt": bü. Private to "truth": hu.

"trübt" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "truth" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • truth ← rtuth · trruth · trtuh · truht · truthh · trutth · ttruth · turth

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "trübt" and "truth" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "trübt" is a verb and "truth" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "trübt" or "truth" show up more?
"truth" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,823 in our German list, against #39,671 for "trübt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "trübt" and "truth".

  • Full dictionary entry for "trübt" 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 #474,886 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trübt" and "truth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taut vs trübt". 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 #474,886 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