# frozen

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfɹəʊzn̩/ · frequency rank #4,159

## Definitions
1. Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.
2. Immobilized.
3. Of an account or assets, in a state such that transactions are not allowed.
4. Retaining an older, obsolete syntax of an earlier version of a language, which now operates only on a specific word or phrase.

## Etymology
From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”). By surface analysis, freeze + -n.

## Easily confused with
- **froze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/froze-vs-frozen)
- **frown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frown-vs-frozen)
- **Frome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frome-vs-frozen)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ffrozen`, `forzen`, `froezn`, `frozenn`, `frozne`, `frozzen`, `frrozen`, `frzoen`, `rfozen`

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