cheerless
\t͡ʃɪə̯(ɹ)ləs\
The verdict
“cheerless” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Triste, sans joie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cheerless · cheerless · French
cheerless · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | cheerless |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \t͡ʃɪə̯(ɹ)ləs\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cheerless is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \t͡ʃɪə̯(ɹ)ləs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Triste, sans joie.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cheerless, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cheerless, spelled C-H-E-E-R-L-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Triste, sans joie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cheerless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
With Mr. Heathcliff, grim and saturnine, on one hand, and Hareton absolutely dumb, on the other, I made a somewhat cheerless meal, and bid adieu early—[…].
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.