cheerful
\ˈt͡ʃɪə(ɹ)fəl\
The verdict
“cheerful” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enjoué, joyeux, gai.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cheerful · cheerful · French
cheerful · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | cheerful |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈt͡ʃɪə(ɹ)fəl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cheerful » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cheerful is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈt͡ʃɪə(ɹ)fəl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for cheerful in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cheerful, spelled C-H-E-E-R-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1Enjoué, joyeux, gai.
- 2Riant, heureux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cheerful appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
cheerful thought, cheerful picture of health
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.