mistrust
/mɪsˈtɹʌst/
"mistrust" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mistrust” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,887. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,887
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lack of trust or confidence; distrust, untrust.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mistrust · mistrust · English
mistrust · rank #26,887 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #26,887
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH minivan
Nearest frequency peer: minivan (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mistrust”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- maximal
maximal
73,119 corpus weight
- mime
mime
73,116 corpus weight
- minivan
minivan
73,115 corpus weight
- mistrust
mistrust
73,114 corpus weight
- modestly
modestly
73,111 corpus weight
- moniker
moniker
73,110 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mistrust” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mistrust |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɪsˈtɹʌst/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #26,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mistrust” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around mistrust (IPA /mɪsˈtɹʌst/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,887 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lack of trust or confidence; distrust, untrust.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for mistrust, with forms such as "imstrust", "misrtust", and "misstrust". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "mistress", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English mistrust; equivalent to mis- + trust. The correct English form is mistrust, spelled M-I-S-T-R-U-S-T.
Definition
- 1Lack of trust or confidence; distrust, untrust.
Etymology
From Middle English mistrust; equivalent to mis- + trust.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imstrust
- misrtust
- misstrust
- mistrrust
- mistrsut
- mistrusst
- mistrustt
- mistruts
- misttrust
- misturst
- mitsrust
- mmistrust
- msitrust
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mistrust - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mistrust", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "mistress". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #26,887 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.