untruth
/ʌnˈtɹuːθ/noun
untruth is spelled U-N-T-R-U-T-H: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, untruth means “A lie or falsehood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of untruth is untruths.
How many letters and syllables are in untruth?
| Letters | 7: U-N-T-R-U-T-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 73,203rd 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 untruth?
Untruth appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd 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 untruth?
- /ʌnˈtɹuːθ/
Untruth 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-untruth.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of untruth
- untruths plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does untruth mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A lie or falsehood.
- 2
The condition of being false; truthlessness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Untruth in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense lie or falsehood:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mensonge, menterie, contrevérité |
| German | Unwahrheit |
| Portuguese | inverdade |
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 untruth come from?
Inherited from Middle English untreuth, from Old English untrēowþ and unġetrēowþ, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwiþu and *ungatriuwiþu, equivalent to un- + truth. Cognate with Old High German ungitriuwida.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).