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Frise

/ˈfɹaɪz/obsolete

Frise is a noun meaning “Alternative form of frisée (“curly endive”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-I-S-E, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does Frise mean?

noun

  1. 1

    archaicFrisia: (historical) a traditionally Frisian-speaking coastal Western Europe, politically split between Netherlands and Germany

noun

as frisé
  1. 1

    Alternative form of frisée (“curly endive”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce Frise?

  • /ˈfɹaɪz/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is Frise?

Frise appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th 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).

Words people confuse with Frise

Sounds like: fries (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Where does Frise come from?

From Middle English Frīse, from Old English Frīsa, Proto-West Germanic *Frīsō.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).