trostlos
\ˈtʁoːstloːs\
The verdict
“trostlos” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inconsolable, désespéré, désespérée, qui est dans le malheur sans aucun réconfort.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trostlos · trostlos · French
trostlos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- 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 | trostlos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈtʁoːstloːs\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
trostlos is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈtʁoːstloːs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for trostlos, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 trostlos, spelled T-R-O-S-T-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1Inconsolable, désespéré, désespérée, qui est dans le malheur sans aucun réconfort.
- 2Désolant, désolante, désespérant, désespérante, qui inspire l'affliction.
- 3Triste, laid, sans attrait, sans charme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how trostlos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aber die Pest machte sie untätig, zwang sie dazu, sich in ihrer trostlosen Stadt im Kreis zu drehen, Tag um Tag den trügerischen Spielen der Erinnerung ausgeliefert.
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.