attristant

\a.tʁis.tɑ̃\

/\a.tʁis.tɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“attristant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui attriste.

Corpus desk

Index FR-attristant · attristant · French

attristant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for attristant
PropertyValue
Headwordattristant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.tʁis.tɑ̃\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « attristant » en français

attristantreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

attristant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.tʁis.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui attriste.".

No misspelling variants are generated for attristant in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is attristant, spelled A-T-T-R-I-S-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui attriste.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Madeleine semblait se complaire dans ces récits pitoyables, et énumérer avec je ne sais quelle sombre avidité toutes ces calamités voisines qui formaient autour de sa vie un concours de conjonctures attristantes.
  2. Mes rideaux ouverts laissaient voir, au premier plan, toujours la même petite table attristante, avec des tasses de tisane, des fioles de remèdes.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "attristant"?
"attristant" is spelled A-T-T-R-I-S-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tʁis.tɑ̃\.
What does "attristant" mean?
As an adjective, "attristant" means: Qui attriste.
How do you pronounce "attristant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attristant" is \a.tʁis.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "attristant" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list