Which to use
“trust” is a noun and “tut” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,099
- “trust” frequency rank
- #560
- “tut” frequency rank
- 18659
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trust | tut |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Glaube an die Fähigkeiten und guten Absichten von Personen oder an die Verlässlichkeit von Dingen: Vertrauen | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tun |
Letter map: trust vs tut
Shared letters muted; letters that set trust and tut apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - trust and tut
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: trust is anoun and tutaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18659, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trust is recorded at frequency rank #18,099, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. tut is at rank #560, tagged as averb, pronounced [tuːt].
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 18659, this pair ranks #1,916,137 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of trust vs tut
Shared letters: tu. Private to "trust": rs. Private to "tut": -.
"trust" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "tut" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- trust ← rtust · trrust · trsut · trusst · trustt · truts · ttrust · turst
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "trust" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,916,137 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "trust" and "tut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs trust". 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 #1,916,137 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.