# frenzy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɹɛnzi/ · frequency rank #16,237

## Definitions
1. A state of wild activity or panic.
2. A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage.

## Etymology
From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic. Doublet of phrenesis.

## Easily confused with
- **Frey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frenzy-vs-frey)
- **frizzy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frenzy-vs-frizzy)
- **Franz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/franz-vs-frenzy)
- **French** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/french-vs-frenzy)
- **freeze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freeze-vs-frenzy)
- **freely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freely-vs-frenzy)
- **Freddy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freddy-vs-frenzy)
- **freaky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freaky-vs-frenzy)
- **Feeney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feeney-vs-frenzy)

## Common misspellings (10)
`fernzy`, `ffrenzy`, `frennzy`, `frenyz`, `frenzyy`, `frenzzy`, `frezny`, `frnezy`, `frrenzy`, `rfenzy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/frenzy