depressed
\dɪ.ˈprɛsd\
The verdict
“depressed” 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) - Dépressif, déprimé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-depressed · depressed · French
depressed · 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 "D" 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 | depressed |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dɪ.ˈprɛsd\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « depressed » en français
Rare enough to double-check
depressed is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dɪ.ˈprɛsd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for depressed, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is depressed, spelled D-E-P-R-E-S-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1Dépressif, déprimé.
- 2Défavorisé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how depressed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
depressed neighborhood, depressed region
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.