# truffle

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɹʌf.l̩/ · frequency rank #27,009

## Definitions
1. Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.
2. Ellipsis of chocolate truffle (“creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder”).

## Etymology
Borrowed from French trufle, a variant of truffe (whence also Danish and Norwegian trøffel, Swedish tryffel, German Trüffel), from Old Occitan trufa, a metathesis of Late Latin tufera (plural), from Latin tūber (“truffle”).

## Easily confused with
- **trifle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trifle-vs-truffle)

## Common misspellings (9)
`rtuffle`, `trfufle`, `trruffle`, `truffel`, `trufflle`, `trufle`, `truflfe`, `ttruffle`, `turffle`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/truffle