truce

/tɹuːs/

//tɹuːs// noun

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"truce" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“truce” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,654. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,654
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.

Corpus desk

Index EN-truce · truce · English

truce · rank #14,654 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,654
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH tripping

Nearest frequency peer: tripping (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “truce”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “truce” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

truce vs Tue
40% similar
truce vs TUC
0% similar
truce vs true
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for truce
PropertyValue
Headwordtruce
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tɹuːs/
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,654
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “truce”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).trucelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “tripping” (#14,653), “tsunami” (#14,655), “tread” (#14,652). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “truce” is #14,654. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around truce (IPA /tɹuːs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,654 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for truce, with forms such as "rtuce", "trcue", and "trruce". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Tue", "TUC", "true", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, assurance, pact”), from Old English trēowa, singularized plural of trēow, trȳw (“faith; pledge; agreement”), from Proto-West Germanic *treuwu, from Proto-Germanic *trew… The correct English form is truce, spelled T-R-U-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.
  2. 2
    An agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how truce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. An uneasy truce
  2. [I]n about ſix VVeeks or tvvo Months, the Dyſentery gave Truce, in vvhich Time I vvas often fretted vvith ſtrangurious Symptoms.

Etymology

From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, assurance, pact”), from Old English trēowa, singularized plural of trēow, trȳw (“faith; pledge; agreement”), from Proto-West Germanic *treuwu, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (compare Dutch trouw, German Treue, Danish tro, French trêve [< Germanic]), noun form of *triwwiz (“trusty, faithful”). More at true.

Synonyms

armisticeceasefire

This word in other languages

tregua(Español)trêve(Français)Waffenstillstand(Deutsch)trégua(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtuce
  • trcue
  • trruce
  • trucce
  • truec
  • ttruce
  • turce

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of truce - 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.

rtuce2trcue2trruce1trucce1truec2ttruce1turce2
Edit distance from "truce"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "truce"?
"truce" is spelled T-R-U-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /tɹuːs/.
What does "truce" mean?
As a noun, "truce" means: A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.
What words are commonly confused with "truce"?
"truce" is commonly confused with "Tue", "TUC", "true". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "truce"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "truce" is /tɹuːs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "truce"?
From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, assurance, pact”), from Old English trēowa, singularized plural of trēow, trȳw (“faith; pledge; agreement”), from Proto-West Germanic *treuwu, from Proto-Germ... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "truce", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tread#14,652Tibet#14,650typed#14,658tyres#14,660

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

unfit7 variantsstool7 variantsweeds7 variantssails7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list