betrübt
\bəˈtʁyːpt\
The verdict
“betrübt” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attristé, désolé, peiné.
Corpus desk
Index FR-betrubt · betrübt · French
betrübt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | betrübt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bəˈtʁyːpt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
betrübt is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bəˈtʁyːpt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Attristé, désolé, peiné.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for betrübt, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is betrübt, spelled B-E-T-R-Ü-B-T.
Definition
- 1Attristé, désolé, peiné.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how betrübt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Coupeau wiederholte betrübt: »Sie machen mir viel Kummer, wirklich viel Kummer ...« »Ja, das sehe ich, und es tut mir leid für Sie, Herr Coupeau ...«
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.