# truly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈtɹuːli/ · frequency rank #1,442

## Definitions
1. In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
2. Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.
3. Very.

## Etymology
From Middle English truely, treuly, treuli, trewely, treoweliche, treowliche, from Old English trēowlīċe (“faithfully; truly”), equivalent to true + -ly. Cognate with Dutch trouwelijk, Middle Low German truwlike, German treulich, Swedish trolig, Icelandic trygglega.

## Easily confused with
- **try** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truly-vs-try)
- **trust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truly-vs-trust)
- **truth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truly-vs-truth)
- **trump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truly-vs-trump)
- **trunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truly-vs-trunk)
- **truss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truly-vs-truss)
- **Tully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truly-vs-tully)
- **Truro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truly-vs-truro)
- **trusty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truly-vs-trusty)
- **tru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tru-vs-truly)
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/true-vs-truly)
- **Troy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/troy-vs-truly)
- **tray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tray-vs-truly)
- **Trey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trey-vs-truly)
- **truck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truck-vs-truly)
- **Tracy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-truly)
- **troll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/troll-vs-truly)
- **tally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tally-vs-truly)
- **truce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truce-vs-truly)
- **telly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/telly-vs-truly)

## Common misspellings (8)
`rtuly`, `trluy`, `trruly`, `trully`, `trulyy`, `truyl`, `ttruly`, `turly`

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