untrust
"untrust" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“untrust” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lack or absence of trust; mistrust.
Corpus desk
Index EN-untrust · untrust · English
untrust · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | untrust |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “untrust” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
untrust is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for untrust, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English untrust, untrost, untrist, likely from un- + trust. Cognate with Icelandic útraust (“untrust”). Compare also Swedish otro (“lack of faith, disbelief”). The correct English form is untrust, spelled U-N-T-R-U-S-T.
Definition
- 1Lack or absence of trust; mistrust.
- 2The zone representing everything that originates outside of the firewall.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how untrust appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alternatively, untrust corresponds to the space between distrust and trust, in which an agent is positively trusted, but not sufficiently to cooperate with.
The absence of trust is sometimes called untrust (Marsh and Dibben, 2005). As most of the trust literature focuses on the positive aspect of trust, it is restricted to the simple dichotomy between trust and untrust.
Etymology
From Middle English untrust, untrost, untrist, likely from un- + trust. Cognate with Icelandic útraust (“untrust”). Compare also Swedish otro (“lack of faith, disbelief”).
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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