de frais
\də fʁɛ\
The verdict
“de frais” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Récemment.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-frais · de frais · French
de frais · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | de frais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də fʁɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de frais » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de frais is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də fʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Récemment.".
Zero misspellings are on record for de frais in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is de frais, spelled D-E- -F-R-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Récemment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de frais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Las, il ne pouvait se raser de frais – un malheureux ne peut s’offrir ce luxe – et se coupait la barbe à la tondeuse.
Comme à son habitude, M. Jeet portait une chemise repassée de frais, un nœud papillon bleu lavande et un pantalon gris au pli très net. Olivier n'avait jamais compris ce qui le poussait à se mettre sur son trente-et-un alors que personne ne l'y obligeait.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.