frivol

[fʁiˈvoːl]

/[fʁiˈvoːl]/ adj

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The verdict

“frivol” is uncommon German (frequency #59,659 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,659
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-frivol · frivol · German

frivol · rank #59,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,659
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Frischfleisch

Nearest frequency peer: Frischfleisch (-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 „frivol“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for frivol
PropertyValue
Headwordfrivol
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fʁiˈvoːl]
Letters6
Frequency rank#59,659
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „frivol“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).frivolfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Frischfleisch“ (#59,658), „fully“ (#59,660), „Freizeitbeschäftigung“ (#59,657). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „frivol“ bei #59,659. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

frivol is uncommon German at frequency #59,659 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fʁiˈvoːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for frivol, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is frivol, spelled F-R-I-V-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    frech, schamlos
  2. 2
    leichtfertig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sie war berühmt für ihre frivolen Chansons.
  2. „O, frivol ist mir am Abend“ (Titel einer Show, in Anspielung an das Lied „O, wie wohl ist mir am Abend“)

Synonyms

anstößiganzüglichunanständig

This word in other languages

lewd(English)frivole(Français)

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 "frivol"?
"frivol" is spelled F-R-I-V-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is [fʁiˈvoːl].
What does "frivol" mean?
As an adjective, "frivol" means: frech, schamlos
How do you pronounce "frivol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frivol" is [fʁiˈvoːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frivol" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

fragil#59,654galant#59,664geller#59,683faselt#59,628

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list