trüb
\tʁyːp\
The verdict
“trüb” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maussade.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trub · trüb · French
trüb · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 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 | trüb |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁyːp\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « trüb » en français
Rare enough to double-check
trüb is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁyːp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maussade.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for trüb, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is trüb, spelled T-R-Ü-B.
Definition
- 1Maussade.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how trüb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gregors Blick richtete sich dann zum Fenster, und das trübe Wetter – man hörte Regentropfen auf das Fensterblech aufschlagen – machte ihn ganz melancholisch.
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.