frenemies
/ˈfɹɛ.nɪ.miz/
"frenemies" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“frenemies” is uncommon English (frequency #88,355 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,355
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of frenemy
Corpus desk
Index EN-frenemies · frenemies · English
frenemies · rank #88,355 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,355
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH freeloading
Nearest frequency peer: freeloading (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “frenemies”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- formate
formate
11,651 corpus weight
- fourty
fourty
11,649 corpus weight
- freeloading
freeloading
11,647 corpus weight
- frenemies
frenemies
11,646 corpus weight
- fricative
fricative
11,644 corpus weight
- frogger
frogger
11,643 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “frenemies” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frenemies |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɹɛ.nɪ.miz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,355 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “frenemies” in English
Rare enough to double-check
frenemies is uncommon English at frequency #88,355 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfɹɛ.nɪ.miz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of frenemy".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for frenemies, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is frenemies, spelled F-R-E-N-E-M-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of frenemy
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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