gloomy
\ˈɡluː.mi\
The verdict
“gloomy” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maussade : se dit du ciel couvert, du mauvais temps, du paysage assombri, mais non d’une personne ou d’une humeur pour lesquelles on préfèrera sullen.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gloomy · gloomy · French
gloomy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | gloomy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈɡluː.mi\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gloomy is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈɡluː.mi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gloomy, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gloomy, spelled G-L-O-O-M-Y.
Definition
- 1Maussade : se dit du ciel couvert, du mauvais temps, du paysage assombri, mais non d’une personne ou d’une humeur pour lesquelles on préfèrera sullen.
- 2Sombre, glauque.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gloomy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The evening after the funeral, my young lady and I were seated in the library; now musing mournfully, one of us despairingly, on our loss; now venturing conjectures as to the gloomy future.
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.