trust

verb

The verdict

“trust” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,855. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,855
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - confiar

Corpus desk

Index PT-trust · trust · Portuguese

trust · rank #13,855 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,855
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH vago

Nearest frequency peer: vago (+3 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “trust”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “trust” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

trust vs twist
60% similar
trust vs truta
60% similar
trust vs três
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for trust
PropertyValue
Headwordtrust
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,855
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “trust”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).trustcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “vago” (#13,858), “veracidade” (#13,859), “textura” (#13,849). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “trust” fica em #13,855. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around trust, averb. Corpus frequency is #13,855 among 917 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "confiar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for trust, with forms such as "rtust", "trrust", and "trsut". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "twist", "truta", "três", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is trust, spelled T-R-U-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    confiar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how trust appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In God we trust.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtust
  • trrust
  • trsut
  • trusst
  • trustt
  • truts
  • ttrust
  • turst

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trust - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

rtust2trrust1trsut2trusst1trustt1truts2ttrust1turst2
Edit distance from "trust"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trust"?
"trust" is spelled T-R-U-S-T.
What does "trust" mean?
As a verb, "trust" means: confiar
What words are commonly confused with "trust"?
"trust" is commonly confused with "twist", "truta", "três". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "trust" come from?
"trust" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "trust", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list