frivole

[fʁiˈvoːlə]

/[fʁiˈvoːlə]/ adj

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The verdict

“frivole” is uncommon German (frequency #69,235 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,235
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frivol

Corpus desk

Index DE-frivole · frivole · German

frivole · rank #69,235 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,235
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fritteuse

Nearest frequency peer: Fritteuse (-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 „frivole“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for frivole
PropertyValue
Headwordfrivole
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fʁiˈvoːlə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#69,235
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „frivole“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Fritteuse“ (#69,234), „FSME“ (#69,236), „fundamentalistischen“ (#69,237). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „frivole“ bei #69,235. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

frivole is uncommon German at frequency #69,235 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fʁiˈvoːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for frivole, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is frivole, spelled F-R-I-V-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frivol
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frivol
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frivol
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frivol
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frivol
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frivol
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frivol
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frivol
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frivol

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

finesse#69,218figures#69,214Gehöfte#69,256gehüpft#69,257

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list