Frottee
[fʁɔˈteː]
The verdict
“Frottee” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - saugfähiges Baumwollgewebe mit kleinen Schlingen auf der Oberfläche, aus dem Handtücher und Bademäntel hergestellt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-frottee · Frottee · German
Frottee · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Frottee |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fʁɔˈteː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Frottee“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Frottee is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fʁɔˈteː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "saugfähiges Baumwollgewebe mit kleinen Schlingen auf der Oberfläche, aus dem Handtücher und Bademäntel hergestellt werden".
Zero misspellings are on record for Frottee in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Frottee, spelled F-R-O-T-T-E-E.
Definition
- 1saugfähiges Baumwollgewebe mit kleinen Schlingen auf der Oberfläche, aus dem Handtücher und Bademäntel hergestellt werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Frottee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Besonders hässlich fand Silke den mit Frottee überzogenen Toilettendeckel.
Ein Bademantel aus Frottee ist warm, saugfähig und angenehm zu tragen.
This word in other languages
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.