truth
/tɹuθ/noun, verb
truth is spelled T-R-U-T-H: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 112 times per million words in written English, the 951st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, truth means “True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of truth is truths.
How many letters and syllables are in truth?
| Letters | 5: T-R-U-T-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 112 times per million words; the 951st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 truth?
Truth appears 112 times per million words in written English, the 951st 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 truth?
- UK /tɹuːθ/
- US /tɹuθ/
Truth 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-truth.wav, En-us-truth.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with truth?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as truth from its last stressed vowel (/uθ/):
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 truth
- truths plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- truthing participle, present
- truthed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does truth mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
The truth is that our leaders knew a lot more than they were letting on.
- 2
Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
There was some truth in his statement that he had no other choice.
- 3
The state or quality of being true to someone or something.
Truth to one's own feelings is all-important in life.
- 4
archaicFaithfulness, fidelity.
- 5
obsoleteA pledge of loyalty or faith.
- 6
Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.
- 7
That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
The truth is what is.
- 8
Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
Hunger and jealousy are just eternal truths of human existence.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo assert as true; to declare; to speak truthfully.
- 2
To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy.
- 3
nonstandardTo tell the truth.
noun
- 1
An entry posted on the Truth Social platform.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Truth in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vérité |
| German | Wahrheit , Treue |
| Portuguese | verdade , juramento , verdades |
| Spanish | verdad, fetén, neta |
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 truth come from?
Inherited from Middle English trouthe, from Old English trēowþ, from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō, from *triwwiz + *-iþō. By surface analysis, true + -th. Doublet of troth. Cognate with Norwegian trygd (“trustworthiness, security, insurance”), Icelandic tryggð (“loyalty, fidelity”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).