Which to use
“trust” is a noun and “united” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,099
- “trust” frequency rank
- #6,115
- “united” frequency rank
- 24214
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trust | united |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Glaube an die Fähigkeiten und guten Absichten von Personen oder an die Verlässlichkeit von Dingen: Vertrauen | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs unite |
Letter map: trust vs united
Shared letters muted; letters that set trust and united apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: trust vs united
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: trust is anoun and unitedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24214, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trust is recorded at frequency rank #18,099, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. united is at rank #6,115, tagged as averb, 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 24214, this pair ranks #1,850,812 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of trust vs united
Shared letters: tu. Private to "trust": rs. Private to "united": dein.
"trust" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "united" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "trust" for "united" ever safe?
Frequency check: "trust" vs "united" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "trust" and "united".
- Full dictionary entry for "trust" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "united" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,850,812 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "trust" and "united" 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 #1,850,812 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.