# trump

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɹʌmp/ · frequency rank #1,256

## Definitions
1. The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
2. A playing card of that suit.
3. Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.
4. An excellent person; a fine fellow, a good egg.
5. An old card game, almost identical to whist; the game of ruff.
6. A card of the major arcana of the tarot.

## Etymology
Possibly from French triomphe (“triumph”) or Old French triumphe. If so, it is a doublet of triumph and thriambus. Compare German Trumpf.

## Easily confused with
- **tum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trump-vs-tum)
- **trust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trump-vs-trust)
- **truth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trump-vs-truth)
- **trunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trump-vs-trunk)
- **truss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trump-vs-truss)
- **Truro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trump-vs-truro)
- **trumpet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trump-vs-trumpet)
- **tru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tru-vs-trump)
- **TRP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trp-vs-trump)
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/true-vs-trump)
- **trip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trip-vs-trump)
- **trap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trap-vs-trump)
- **trim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trim-vs-trump)
- **temp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/temp-vs-trump)
- **tram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tram-vs-trump)
- **truly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truly-vs-trump)
- **truck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truck-vs-trump)
- **thumb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thumb-vs-trump)
- **troop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/troop-vs-trump)
- **truce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truce-vs-trump)

## Common misspellings (8)
`rtump`, `trmup`, `trrump`, `trummp`, `trumpp`, `trupm`, `ttrump`, `turmp`

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