diff --git a/.changeset/four-socks-relate.md b/.changeset/four-socks-relate.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98eb8c526e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/four-socks-relate.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+"effect": minor
+---
+
+added String.truncate
+
+```ts
+import { truncate } from "effect/String"
+truncate("Hello World!", { length: 5 }) // "Hello..."
+```
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/String.ts b/packages/effect/src/String.ts
index ce8e0e424c..a4b092ca23 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/String.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/String.ts
@@ -747,3 +747,78 @@ const isLineBreak = (char: string): boolean => {
 const isLineBreak2 = (char0: string, char1: string): boolean => char0.charCodeAt(0) === CR && char1.charCodeAt(0) === LF
 
 const linesSeparated = (self: string, stripped: boolean): LinesIterator => new LinesIterator(self, stripped)
+
+/**
+ * Truncates a string to a specified length and by default adds the omission string "..." to the end of the string.
+ * @since 3.12.0
+ *
+ * @example
+ * import { truncate } from "effect/String";
+ * truncate("Hello World!", { length: 5 }); // "Hello..."
+ */
+export const truncate: {
+  (
+    str: string,
+    options: {
+      /**
+       * The length to truncate the string to.
+       */
+      readonly length: number
+
+      /**
+       * The separator to use to truncate the string. Use " " to truncate evenly on a word boundary.
+       */
+      readonly separator?: string
+
+      /**
+       * The omission string to add to the end of the truncated string. Defaults to "...".
+       */
+      readonly omission?: string
+    }
+  ): string
+
+  (
+    options: {
+      /**
+       * The length to truncate the string to.
+       */
+      readonly length: number
+
+      /**
+       * The separator to use to truncate the string. Use " " to truncate evenly on a word boundary.
+       */
+      readonly separator?: string
+
+      /**
+       * The omission string to add to the end of the truncated string. Defaults to "...".
+       */
+      readonly omission?: string
+    }
+  ): (str: string) => string
+} = dual(
+  2,
+  (
+    str: string,
+    options: {
+      readonly length: number
+      readonly separator?: string
+      readonly omission?: string
+    }
+  ) => {
+    if (str.length <= options.length) {
+      return str
+    }
+
+    let subString = str.slice(0, options.length)
+
+    if (typeof options.separator === "string") {
+      subString = subString.slice(
+        0,
+        subString.lastIndexOf(options.separator)
+      )
+    }
+
+    const omission = options.omission ?? "..."
+    return subString + omission
+  }
+)
diff --git a/packages/effect/test/String.test.ts b/packages/effect/test/String.test.ts
index 0d50cd135f..dc289f683f 100644
--- a/packages/effect/test/String.test.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/test/String.test.ts
@@ -280,4 +280,13 @@ describe("String", () => {
       deepStrictEqual(Array.from(result), ["", "$", "    $Hello,", "    $World!", " $"])
     })
   })
+
+  it("truncate", () => {
+    expect(S.truncate("Hello World!", { length: 5 })).toBe("Hello...")
+    expect(S.truncate("Hello World!", { length: 5, omission: "" })).toBe("Hello")
+    expect(S.truncate("Hello World!", { length: 7 })).toBe("Hello W...")
+    expect(S.truncate("Hello World!", { length: 7, separator: " " })).toBe(
+      "Hello..."
+    )
+  })
 })