truthful
/ˈtɹuːθ.f(ə)l/adjective
truthful is spelled T-R-U-T-H-F-U-L: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, truthful means “Honest, and always telling the truth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in truthful?
| Letters | 8: T-R-U-T-H-F-U-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is truthful?
Truthful appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th 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 truthful?
- /ˈtɹuːθ.f(ə)l/
Truthful has 2 syllables (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-truthful.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of truthful
- more truthful comparative
- most truthful superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does truthful mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Honest, and always telling the truth.
someone's truthful nature
- 2
Accurately depicting what is real.
He drew a truthful portrait of the prince.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Truthful in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sincère |
| German | wahrheitsliebend , wahrheitsgemäß, wahrheitsgetreu |
| Spanish | veraz , fiel, verídico, verífico |
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 truthful come from?
From truth + -ful. Piecewise doublet of trothful, from Middle English trouþeful.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).