truthiness
/ˈtɹuːθinəs/noun
truthiness is spelled T-R-U-T-H-I-N-E-S-S: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, truthiness means “Superficial or asserted truthfulness, without recourse to evidence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in truthiness?
| Letters | 10: T-R-U-T-H-I-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th 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 truthiness?
Truthiness appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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 truthiness?
- UK /ˈtɹuːθinəs/
Truthiness has 3 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).
What does truthiness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicrareTruthfulness.
- 2
UScolloquialSuperficial or asserted truthfulness, without recourse to evidence.
- 3
The property of being truthy, i.e. evaluating to true in a Boolean context.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Truthiness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense superficial or asserted truthfulness:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fausse vérité |
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 truthiness come from?
From truthy + -ness. Modern sense coined by American comedian and writer Stephen Colbert in October 17, 2005 on his show The Colbert Report.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).