fromage
/fɹəˈmɑːʒ/
"fromage" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fromage” is uncommon English (frequency #80,469 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,469
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of cheese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fromage · fromage · English
fromage · rank #80,469 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,469
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH furosemide
Nearest frequency peer: furosemide (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “fromage”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- freeborn
freeborn
19,536 corpus weight
- fromage
fromage
19,532 corpus weight
- furosemide
furosemide
19,531 corpus weight
- furst
furst
19,530 corpus weight
- gabled
gabled
19,529 corpus weight
- gak
gak
19,528 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fromage” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fromage |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɹəˈmɑːʒ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,469 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fromage” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fromage is uncommon English at frequency #80,469 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fɹəˈmɑːʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of cheese.".
fromage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French fromage. The correct English form is fromage, spelled F-R-O-M-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Synonym of cheese.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fromage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It will be necessary to premise, that there is but little difference in the manner of making fromages; they only vary in the taste; so that, by recurring to this number, it will be impossible ever to commit a mistake.[…]Continue to whip it over ice, till you perceive that the isinglass is well melted and blended with the mixture; then put the fromage into…
How cheerful and contented they were in the Bow over the meals which Mrs. Crichton viewed with such pity and contempt,—the bouilli, the salad, the fragrant coffee finely concocted, the home-made bread, the thick preserves, the fromage still of goats’ milk.
Etymology
From French fromage.
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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