truism
/tɹuːizəm/
"truism" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“truism” is uncommon English (frequency #59,087 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,087
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A self-evident or obvious truth.
Corpus desk
Index EN-truism · truism · English
truism · rank #59,087 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,087
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH trespasser
Nearest frequency peer: trespasser (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “truism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tradable
tradable
40,919 corpus weight
- transportab…
transportable
40,918 corpus weight
- Tremblay
Tremblay
40,916 corpus weight
- trespasser
trespasser
40,915 corpus weight
- truism
truism
40,914 corpus weight
- unchangeable
unchangeable
40,908 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “truism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | truism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɹuːizəm/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,087 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “truism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
truism is uncommon English at frequency #59,087 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɹuːizəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for truism in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From true + -ism. The correct English form is truism, spelled T-R-U-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1A self-evident or obvious truth.
- 2A banality or cliché.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how truism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is a truism that the site of stations is conditioned by history and geography, but Dover Marine especially owes its fascinating and unusual layout to these two factors.
It is a truism that the people who attend a rally for President Trump more than two years before he’s on the ballot again are generally strong supporters of President Trump.
Etymology
From true + -ism.
This word in other languages
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.
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