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distrust

dis·trust/dɪsˈtɹʌst/noun, verb

distrust is spelled D-I-S-T-R-U-S-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables (dis·trust). It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, distrust means “Lack of trust or confidence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of distrust is distrusts.

How many letters and syllables are in distrust?

Letters8: D-I-S-T-R-U-S-T
Syllables2: dis·trust
In writing2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is distrust?

Distrust appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce distrust?

  • US /dɪsˈtɹʌst/
  • Australia /dɪsˈtɹɐst/
  • /dəsˈtɹɐst/

Distrust has 2 syllables, split dis·trust in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-distrust.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with distrust?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as distrust from its last stressed vowel (/ʌst/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of distrust

  • distrusts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • distrusting participle, present
  • distrusted participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does distrust mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Lack of trust or confidence.

    Many people have developed a cynical distrust of politicians.

verb

  1. 1

    To put no trust in; to have no confidence in.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Distrust in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchdéfiance, méfiance (lack of trust or confidence), se méfier (to put no trust in)
GermanMisstrauen, Argwohn (lack of trust or confidence)
Portuguesedesconfiança (lack of trust or confidence), desconfiar de (to put no trust in)
Spanishdesconfianza, recelo, difidencia, defianza (lack of trust or confidence), desconfiar (to put no trust in)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does distrust come from?

From dis- + trust, alteration of the earlier term wantrust.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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