attrister

\a.tʁis.te\

/\a.tʁis.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“attrister” is an uncommon French word, ranked #72,931 in French word frequency and used as a verb.

#72,931
frequency rank, French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rendre triste.

Key facts for attrister
PropertyValue
Headwordattrister
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.tʁis.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#72,931
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “attrister” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). attrister lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for attrister is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.tʁis.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #72,931 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No generated misspelling entries exist for attrister in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 attrister, spelled A-T-T-R-I-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre triste.
  2. 2
    Donner une allure triste, un air de tristesse.
  3. 3
    Devenir triste.

Synonyms

abattreaffligerchagrinerdéprimerdésolerpeiner

Antonyms

amuserconsolerégayerenchanterenjoyerravirréconforterréjouir

This word in other languages

sadden(English)entristecer(Español)betrüben(Deutsch)

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "attrister"?
"attrister" is spelled A-T-T-R-I-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tʁis.te\.
What does "attrister" mean?
As a verb, "attrister" means: Rendre triste.
How do you pronounce "attrister"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attrister" is \a.tʁis.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "attrister" come from?
"attrister" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “attrister”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-T-T-R-I-S-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.tʁis.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list