mistrustful
adjective
mistrustful is spelled M-I-S-T-R-U-S-T-F-U-L: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, mistrustful means “Having mistrust, lacking trust (in someone or something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mistrustful?
| Letters | 11: M-I-S-T-R-U-S-T-F-U-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 89,388th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is mistrustful?
Mistrustful appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th 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 mistrustful?
- US
Mistrustful has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-mistrustful.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mistrustful
- more mistrustful comparative
- most mistrustful superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mistrustful mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having mistrust, lacking trust (in someone or something).
- 2
Expressing or showing a lack of trust.
- 3
Having a suspicion, imagining or supposing (that something undesirable is the case).
- 4
obsoleteCausing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mistrustful come from?
From mistrust + -ful.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).