gusty
\ˈɡʌs.ti\
The verdict
“gusty” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Par rafales (vent).
Corpus desk
Index FR-gusty · gusty · French
gusty · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | gusty |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈɡʌs.ti\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gusty » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gusty is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈɡʌs.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Par rafales (vent).".
No misspelling variants are generated for gusty in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gusty, spelled G-U-S-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Par rafales (vent).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gusty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At Paris, just after dark one gusty evening in the autumn of 18—, I was enjoying the twofold luxury of meditation and a meerschaum, in company with my friend C. Auguste Dupin, […]
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.