# fringe

> English word · Noun · IPA /fɹɪnd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #8,793

## Definitions
1. A decorative border.
2. A decorative border.
3. A marginal or peripheral part.
4. A group of people situated on the periphery of a larger community.
5. A group of people situated on the periphery of a larger community.
6. The periphery of an area, especially a town or city.
7. The periphery of an area, especially a town or city.
8. Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across.
9. A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
10. Non-mainstream theatre.
11. The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
12. The area around the green
13. A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.

## Etymology
From Middle English frenge, from Old French frenge, from Vulgar Latin *frimbia, a metathesis of Latin fimbriae (“fibers, threads, fringe”, plural), of uncertain origin. Compare German Franse and Danish frynse. Displaced native Middle English fnæd (“fringe”), Middle English byrd (“fringe”), Middle English fasel (“fringe”) from Old English fæs (“fringe”), and Old English fnæs (“fringe”). Doublet of fimbria.

## Easily confused with
- **frying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fringe-vs-frying)
- **fringed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fringe-vs-fringed)
- **fine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-fringe)
- **fling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fling-vs-fringe)
- **France** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/france-vs-fringe)
- **finger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finger-vs-fringe)
- **firing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-fringe)
- **fridge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fridge-vs-fringe)
- **flange** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flange-vs-fringe)
- **frieze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frieze-vs-fringe)
- **faring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faring-vs-fringe)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ffringe`, `firnge`, `frigne`, `frineg`, `fringge`, `frinnge`, `frnige`, `frringe`, `rfinge`

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