fridge
/fɹɪd͡ʒ/noun, verb
fridge is spelled F-R-I-D-G-E: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fridge means “A refrigerator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fridge is fridges or 'fridges.
How many letters and syllables are in fridge?
| Letters | 6: F-R-I-D-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 6,884th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is fridge?
Fridge appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th 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 fridge?
- US /fɹɪd͡ʒ/
Fridge has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-fridge.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with fridge
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with fridge?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fridge from its last stressed vowel (/ɪdʒ/):
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 fridge
- fridges plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- 'fridge
- frig
- fridging participle, present
- fridged participle, past
- 'fridges plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fridge mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalA refrigerator.
- 2
derogatoryoffensiveA fat woman.
The fridge protecting the snacks.
verb
- 1
informalTo place (something) inside a refrigerator to chill; to refrigerate.
- 2
slangTo gratuitously kill, disempower, or otherwise remove (a character, usually female) from a narrative, often strictly to hurt another character (usually male) and motivate vengeance.
- 3
UKarchaicTo chafe or rub (something).
- 4
obsoleteTo chafe or rub.
- 5
obsoleteSynonym of fidge (“to jostle or shake; to fidget, to fig, to frig”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fridge in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense refrigerator – see also refrigerator:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fridge come from?
The noun is a clipping of refrigerator, perhaps influenced by the Frigidaire brand of refrigerators, or frigerator (“(dated) refrigerator”). The spelling is likely influenced by analogy with bridge, ridge, etc. The verb is derived from the noun. The fandom slang verb sense alludes to the phrase "women in refrigerators" coined by the American comic book writer Gail Simone. Simone was referencing a plot point in Green Lantern (volume 3, issue 54, 1994), in which the Green Lantern's girlfriend is murdered by a villain, and her body placed in a refrigerator for him to find.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).