# frieze

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɹiːz/ · frequency rank #37,464

## Definitions
1. A kind of coarse woollen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.

## Etymology
Late Middle English, from French and Middle French frise, probably from Medieval Latin Frisia (“Frisian (wool)”) due to import via Northern ships. Or, from French friser (“to curl”)..

## Easily confused with
- **Fritz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frieze-vs-fritz)
- **froze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frieze-vs-froze)
- **fringe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frieze-vs-fringe)
- **frizzy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frieze-vs-frizzy)
- **free** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/free-vs-frieze)
- **fried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fried-vs-frieze)
- **fries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fries-vs-frieze)
- **friend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/friend-vs-frieze)
- **freeze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freeze-vs-frieze)
- **fridge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fridge-vs-frieze)
- **Frieda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frieda-vs-frieze)
- **freezer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freezer-vs-frieze)
- **freezes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freezes-vs-frieze)
- **frees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frees-vs-frieze)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ffrieze`, `fireze`, `freize`, `frieez`, `friezze`, `frizee`, `frrieze`, `rfieze`

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