trust
/tɹʌst/noun, verb, interjection, adjective
trust is spelled T-R-U-S-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 135 times per million words in written English, the 770th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trust means “Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trust is trusts.
How many letters and syllables are in trust?
| Letters | 5: T-R-U-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 135 times per million words; the 770th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is trust?
Trust appears 135 times per million words in written English, the 770th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce trust?
- /tɹʌst/
- [t͡ʃʰɹ̥ʌst]
- Australia /tɹɐst/
Trust has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-trust.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with trust?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as trust.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: strut, sturt.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of trust
- trusts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- trusting participle, present
- trusted participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
- more trust comparative
- most trust superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trust mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back.
- 2
Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
- 3
Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
I was out of cash, but the landlady let me have it on trust.
- 4
That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
- 5
That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
- 6
rareTrustworthiness, reliability.
- 7
The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
17th century, John Denham, Of Justice Reward them well, if they observe their trust.
- 8
The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
I put the house into my sister's trust.
verb
- 1
To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
We cannot trust anyone who deceives us.
- 2
To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.
In God We Trust
- 3
To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
- 4
To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
I trust you have cleaned your room?
- 5
to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
- 6
To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
- 7
To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
Merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.
- 8
To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).
to trust to luck
adjective
- 1
obsoleteSecure, safe.
- 2
obsoleteFaithful, dependable.
- 3
of or relating to a trust.
interjection
- 1
slangEllipsis of trust me, often used sarcastically or self-mockingly.
You'll get your money back bro, trust.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Trust in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | confiance , trust , faire confiance , avoir foi en quelqu’un |
| German | Vertrauen , Trust , vertrauen , Hoffnung , anschreiben |
| Portuguese | confiança , consórcio, trust , esperança , crédito , confiabilidade |
| Spanish | confianza , consorcio, trust , confiar , crédito, fiar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does trust come from?
From Middle English trust, trost (“trust, protection”). Long considered a borrowing from Old Norse traust (“confidence, help, protection”), from Proto-Germanic *traustą, but the root vocalism is incompatible, so trust has come to be considered a reflex of an unattested Old English *trust, from a rare zero-grade Proto-Germanic variant of the same root also attested in Middle High German getrüste (“host”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (“be firm, hard, solid”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).