fri

[friː]

/[friː]/ noun

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The verdict

“fri” is uncommon German (frequency #76,793 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,793
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nase

Corpus desk

Index DE-fri · fri · German

fri · rank #76,793 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,793
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fremdheit

Nearest frequency peer: Fremdheit (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „fri“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fri“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fri
PropertyValue
Headwordfri
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[friː]
Letters3
Frequency rank#76,793
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fri“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.frifällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Fremdheit“ (#76,792), „freihändig“ (#76,791), „Frührente“ (#76,795). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fri“ bei #76,793. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fri is uncommon German at frequency #76,793 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [friː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nase".

fri doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is fri, spelled F-R-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nase

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fri"?
"fri" is spelled F-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is [friː].
What does "fri" mean?
As a noun, "fri" means: Nase
How do you pronounce "fri"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fri" is [friː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fri" come from?
"fri" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fue#76,796eri#76,727hoe#76,901Iod#76,929

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list