frizzle
/ˈfɹɪzəl/verb, noun
frizzle is a verb meaning “To fry something until crisp and curled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-I-Z-Z-L-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does frizzle mean?
verb
- 1
To fry something until crisp and curled.
- 2
To scorch.
- 3
To fry noisily, sizzle.
The bacon frizzled in the pan.
- 4
To curl or crisp, as hair; to frizz; to crinkle.
noun
- 1
A curl; a lock of hair crisped.
- 2
A frizzle fowl
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce frizzle?
- /ˈfɹɪzəl/
Frizzle has 2 syllables (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-frizzle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of frizzle
- frizzles present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- frizzling participle, present
- frizzled participle, past
- frizle
- frisle
- frizel
- frizil
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is frizzle?
Frizzle appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st 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).
Where does frizzle come from?
From frizz + -le. Cognate with West Frisian frisselje (“to plait, braid”), Old Frisian frisle, fresle (“head of the hair, lock of hair”). More at frizz.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).