trustvstusWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: trust is a noun, tus is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“trust” is a noun and “tus” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,411
“trust” frequency rank
#230
“tus” frequency rank
18641
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature trust tus
Definition Grupo de empresas que producen los mismos productos y se unen formando una sola empresa, que tiende a controlar un sector económico y ejercer en lo posible el poder del monopolio. Se usa para llamar a los perros, generalmente repetida.

Where the eye mixes trust and tus

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
trust
3 ch
tus

Why the eye confuses trust with tus

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: trust is [ˈt̪ɾust̪] while tus is [t̪us]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs intj), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trust is recorded at frequency rank #18,411, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪ɾust̪]. tus is at rank #230, tagged as anintj, pronounced [t̪us].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 18641, this pair ranks #267,076 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of trust vs tus

Shared letters: stu. Private to "trust": r. Private to "tus": -.

"trust" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "tus" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trustrtust · trrust · trsut · trusst · trustt · truts · ttrust · turst

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "trust" and "tus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "trust" is a noun and "tus" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "trust" or "tus" show up more?
"tus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #230 in our Spanish list, against #18,411 for "trust". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "trust" and "tus" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "trust" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #267,076 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trust" and "tus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trash vs trust". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #267,076 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list