freshet
/ˈfɹɛʃɪt/noun
freshet is a noun meaning “A flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-E-S-H-E-T, and it appears about once in every 51 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of freshet is freshets.
What does freshet mean?
noun
- 1
A flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw.
- 2
A small stream, especially one flowing into the sea.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce freshet?
- /ˈfɹɛʃɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of freshet
- freshets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is freshet?
Freshet appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th 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).
Where does freshet come from?
From Old French freschete, a diminutive of fres (“fresh”) via its feminine form fresche.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).