trist
\tʁɪst\
The verdict
“trist” 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) - Triste, d’humeur déprimée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trist · trist · French
trist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | trist |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁɪst\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « trist » en français
Rare enough to double-check
trist is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁɪst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for trist, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is trist, spelled T-R-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Triste, d’humeur déprimée.
- 2Triste, maussade, qui rend les gens déprimés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Japan wird auch in der grauesten und tristesten Stimmung noch etwas Schönes gesehen.
Die offensichtliche Diskrepanz zwischen der Fortschrittsrhetorik des Regimes, laut der Serbien ein "goldenes Zeitalter" erlebt, alle Nachbarn in der Region wirtschaftlich überholt und – gemäß Vučić – "große Träume" träumt, und der tristen Realität eines autoritären Staates, in dem vor allem Angst und Apathie herrschen, scheint immer mehr Menschen wehzutun.
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.