# Frome

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈfɹuːm/ · frequency rank #44,215

## Definitions
1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST7848).
2. A river in Dorset, England, that serves Dorchester.
3. A river that flows through Gloucestershire, to meet the Avon in the centre of Bristol.
4. A river in the Stroud area of Gloucestershire, that joins the Severn.
5. A minor river in Herefordshire, England, which joins the River Lugg.

## Easily confused with
- **fume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frome-vs-fume)
- **front** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frome-vs-front)
- **frost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frome-vs-frost)
- **froze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frome-vs-froze)
- **frown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frome-vs-frown)
- **froth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frome-vs-froth)
- **Fromm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frome-vs-fromm)
- **frozen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frome-vs-frozen)
- **foe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foe-vs-frome)
- **fro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-frome)
- **from** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/from-vs-frome)
- **free** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/free-vs-frome)
- **fame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fame-vs-frome)
- **frog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frog-vs-frome)
- **foie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-frome)
- **FOMO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fomo-vs-frome)
- **frame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frame-vs-frome)
- **flame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flame-vs-frome)
- **femme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/femme-vs-frome)
- **frock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frock-vs-frome)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ffrome`, `forme`, `frmoe`, `froem`, `fromme`, `frrome`, `rfome`

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