fraise
/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/noun, verb
fraise is spelled F-R-A-I-S-E: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fraise means “A type of palisade placed for defence around a berm; a defence consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fraise is fraises.
How many letters and syllables are in fraise?
| Letters | 6: F-R-A-I-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 43 million words; the 201,693rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is fraise?
Fraise appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce fraise?
- US /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/
- US [ˈfɹʷeɪ̯z]
- British /ˈfɹɛjz/
Fraise has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-phrase.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with fraise
Sounds like: phrase (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with fraise?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fraise from its last stressed vowel (/eɪz/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of fraise
- fraises present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- fraising participle, present
- fraised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fraise mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of palisade placed for defence around a berm; a defence consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
- 2
A ruff worn (especially by women) in the 16th century.
- 3
An embroidered scarf with its ends crossed over the chest and pinned, worn (especially by women) in the 19th century.
- 4
A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.
- 5
A tool for cutting the teeth of a timepiece's wheel to correct inaccuracies.
- 6
A stylized strawberry with leaves.
The surname of Bernard is derived from the ancestor carrying, for his device, Argent, a bear rampant sable muzzled or; the name of Frazer from the bearing of fraises or strawberry leaves; and many other instances might be adduced ...
- 7
Alternative form of froise (“kind of pancake or omelette”).
- 8
UKdatedCommotion.
verb
- 1
To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward.
- 2
archaicTo put in danger, in terror, or at risk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does fraise come from?
Borrowed from French fraise (“ruff”), fraiser; compare French friser (“curl”), perhaps from Provençal frezar; ultimately from Germanic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).