frigid
/ˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪd/
"frigid" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“frigid” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,664. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,664
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-frigid · frigid · English
frigid · rank #29,664 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,664
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH frick
Nearest frequency peer: frick (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “frigid”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- forester
forester
70,340 corpus weight
- fragility
fragility
70,339 corpus weight
- frick
frick
70,338 corpus weight
- frigid
frigid
70,337 corpus weight
- Gallipoli
Gallipoli
70,336 corpus weight
- gasket
gasket
70,335 corpus weight
What this shows “frigid” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frigid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #29,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “frigid”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around frigid (IPA /ˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,664 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for frigid, with forms such as "ffrigid", "firgid", and "frgiid". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "fringed", "fried", "friend", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin frīgidus (“cold”), from frīgeō (“I am cold”), from frīgus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos. The correct English form is frigid, spelled F-R-I-G-I-D.
Definition
- 1Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
- 2Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
- 3Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frigid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A frigid, fine rain was falling.
Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin frīgidus (“cold”), from frīgeō (“I am cold”), from frīgus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffrigid
- firgid
- frgiid
- frigdi
- friggid
- frigidd
- friigd
- frrigid
- rfigid
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frigid - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "frigid", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).