truthy
/ˈtɹuːθi/adjective
truthy is spelled T-R-U-T-H-Y: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, truthy means “Only superficially true; that is asserted or felt instinctively to be true, with no recourse to facts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in truthy?
| Letters | 6: T-R-U-T-H-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 46 million words; the 209,386th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is truthy?
Truthy appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th 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 truthy?
- UK /ˈtɹuːθi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-truthy.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of truthy
- truthier comparative
- truthiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does truthy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
obsoleteFaithful; true.
- 2
UScolloquialOnly superficially true; that is asserted or felt instinctively to be true, with no recourse to facts.
- 3
Evaluating to true in a Boolean context.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does truthy come from?
From truth + -y. In colloquial sense, back-formation from truthiness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).