cumbersome
\ˈkʌm.bə.səm\
The verdict
“cumbersome” 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) - Encombrant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cumbersome · cumbersome · French
cumbersome · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | cumbersome |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈkʌm.bə.səm\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cumbersome is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈkʌm.bə.səm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cumbersome, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cumbersome, spelled C-U-M-B-E-R-S-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Encombrant.
- 2Pénible, pesant, gênant.
- 3Incommode.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cumbersome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Carrying all these small boxes at the same time is very cumbersome.
A cumbersome machine.
Synonyms
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.