# cumbersome

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkʌmbəsəm/ · frequency rank #23,504

## Definitions
1. Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious.
2. Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.
3. Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
4. Inert, lumbering, slow in movement.

## Etymology
From Middle English cumbyrsum, cummyrsum; equivalent to cumber (“hindrance”) + -some. Compare encumber and incumbent.

## Common misspellings (15)
`ccumbersome`, `cmubersome`, `cubmersome`, `cumbbersome`, `cumberosme`, `cumberrsome`, `cumbersmoe`, `cumbersoem`, `cumbersomme`, `cumberssome`, `cumbesrome`, `cumbresome`, `cumebrsome`, `cummbersome`, `ucmbersome`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cumbersome