triste

\tʁist\

/\tʁist\/ adj

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The verdict

“triste” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,542. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,542
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est affligé, qui éprouve du chagrin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-triste · triste · French

triste · rank #1,542 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,542
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH soldats

Nearest frequency peer: soldats (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « triste »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « triste » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

triste vs trust
67% similar
triste vs twist
67% similar
triste vs trotte
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for triste
PropertyValue
Headwordtriste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʁist\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,542
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « triste »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tristese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « soldats » (#1,541), « tué » (#1,543), « twitter » (#1,544). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « triste » est au #1,542. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around triste (IPA \tʁist\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,542 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for triste, with forms such as "rtiste", "tirste", and "triset". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "trust", "twist", "trotte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 triste, spelled T-R-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est affligé, qui éprouve du chagrin.
  2. 2
    Qui est mélancolique ; qui n’a pas de gaieté.
  3. 3
    Qui marque de la tristesse, du chagrin, de la mélancolie.
  4. 4
    Se dit également de ce qui est inspiré par le chagrin ou par la mélancolie.
  5. 5
    Qui est affligeant ou chagrinant ; qui inspire de la mélancolie.
  6. 6
    Qui est obscur, sombre, morose.
  7. 7
    Qui est pénible, fâcheux, difficile à supporter; dans cette acception, il ne s’emploie guère qu’avec le verbe être pris impersonnellement.
  8. 8
    Qui est malheureux, funeste.
  9. 9
    Qui est piètre, regrettable, déplorable; en ce sens, il précède toujours le nom.
  10. 10
    Méprisable

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how triste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il est triste de la mort de son ami.
  2. Triste à mourir.

Synonyms

abattuaccabléchagrinchagrinédéçudésappointédésenchantéluctueuxmalheureuxmélancoliqueneurasthénique

Antonyms

béatcomblécontentenchantéépanouigaiheureuxbienheureuxjoyeuxraviréjouisatisfait

This word in other languages

sad(English)triste(Español)traurig(Deutsch)triste(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtiste
  • tirste
  • triset
  • trisste
  • tristte
  • tritse
  • trriste
  • trsite
  • ttriste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of triste - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

rtiste2tirste2triset2trisste1tristte1tritse2trriste1trsite2
Edit distance from "triste"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "triste"?
"triste" is spelled T-R-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁist\.
What does "triste" mean?
As an adjective, "triste" means: Qui est affligé, qui éprouve du chagrin.
What words are commonly confused with "triste"?
"triste" is commonly confused with "trust", "twist", "trotte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "triste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "triste" is \tʁist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "triste" come from?
"triste" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "triste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

privée#1,535pensée#1,534matchs#1,529empire#1,561

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

twitter9 variantsimagine9 variantsappareil9 variantsactuelle9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list