tru
adjective
tru is spelled T-R-U: 3 letters. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, tru means “Abbreviation of true” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tru?
| Letters | 3: T-R-U |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 tru?
Tru appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th 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).
What rhymes with tru?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tru.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rut, tur.
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 tru
- more tru comparative
- most tru superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tru mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Abbreviation of true.
adjective
- 1
Initialism of transuranic.
TRU waste
noun
- 1
Initialism of Toys "R" Us, a now defunct American store chain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tru come from?
From true.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).