triste
/ˈtɹɪst/adjective
triste is spelled T-R-I-S-T-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, triste means “Sad; sorrowful; gloomy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in triste?
| Letters | 6: T-R-I-S-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 82,325th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is triste?
Triste appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th 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 triste?
- /ˈtɹɪst/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-triste.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with triste
Sounds like: trist, tryst (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: trist.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with triste?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as triste.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sitter, tetris.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of triste
- more triste comparative
- most triste superlative
- trist
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does triste mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
rareSad; sorrowful; gloomy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does triste come from?
Inherited from Middle English trist, triste (-e form is less common), borrowed from Old French trist, triste, from Latin trīstis (“sad, sorrowful”). Re-borrowed late 18c. (as “dull, uninteresting”) as a French word in English and often spelled triste.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).