froze
/ˈfɹəʊz/
"froze" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“froze” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,716. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,716
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past of freeze
Corpus desk
Index EN-froze · froze · English
froze · rank #16,716 · 7 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,716
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH Fritz
Nearest frequency peer: Fritz (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “froze”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- footwear
footwear
83,289 corpus weight
- Fritz
Fritz
83,286 corpus weight
- froze
froze
83,285 corpus weight
- frying
frying
83,284 corpus weight
- Giovanni
Giovanni
83,283 corpus weight
- Greenland
Greenland
83,281 corpus weight
What this shows “froze” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | froze |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈfɹəʊz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #16,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “froze”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around froze (IPA /ˈfɹəʊz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,716 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for froze, with forms such as "ffroze", "forze", and "froez". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "frozen", "foe", "fro", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is froze, spelled F-R-O-Z-E.
Definition
- 1simple past of freeze
- 2past participle of freeze
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how froze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I have froze a whole flask full of Water, by gradually pouring it into a Pan; which confirms what Olearius ſays of making huge heaps of Ice to preſerve Bodies.
Had the water been fresh our clothes would have froze into coverings of ice.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffroze
- forze
- froez
- frozze
- frroze
- frzoe
- rfoze
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of froze - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "froze"?
What does "froze" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "froze"?
How do you pronounce "froze"?
What language does "froze" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "froze", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).