frac

\fʁak\

/\fʁak\/ noun

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The verdict

“frac” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,515. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,515
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vêtement en drap noir que les hommes portent dans une cérémonie, une soirée et qui se termine en deux longues basques dites queue de morue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frac · frac · French

frac · rank #35,515 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,515
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH forçait

Nearest frequency peer: forçait (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « frac »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « frac » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

frac vs fry
50% similar
frac vs frs
50% similar
frac vs free
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for frac
PropertyValue
Headwordfrac
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁak\
Letters4
Frequency rank#35,515
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frac »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fracse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « forçait » (#35,514), « fonctionnaient » (#35,513), « freeze » (#35,517). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frac » est au #35,515. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around frac (IPA \fʁak\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,515 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Vêtement en drap noir que les hommes portent dans une cérémonie, une soirée et qui se termine en deux longues basques dites queue de morue.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for frac, with forms such as "ffrac", "fracc", and "frca". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fry", "frs", "free", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is frac, spelled F-R-A-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vêtement en drap noir que les hommes portent dans une cérémonie, une soirée et qui se termine en deux longues basques dites queue de morue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how frac appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] cette caressante poésie femelle a pour auteur un petit ambitieux, serré dans son frac, à tournure de diplomate, rêvant une influence politique, aristocrate à en puer, musqué, prétentieux.
  2. Entends-tu, Potapitch ? — dit-elle à un petit vieillard orné d’une cravate blanche étalée sur un frac, et d’un crâne déplumé, son majordome, qu’elle avait emmené avec ses bagages.

This word in other languages

tailcoat(English)frac(Español)Frack(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffrac
  • fracc
  • frca
  • frrac
  • rfac

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frac - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ffrac1fracc1frca2frrac1rfac2
Edit distance from "frac"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "frac"?
"frac" is spelled F-R-A-C. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁak\.
What does "frac" mean?
As a noun, "frac" means: Vêtement en drap noir que les hommes portent dans une cérémonie, une soirée et qui se termine en deux longues basques dites queue de morue.
What words are commonly confused with "frac"?
"frac" is commonly confused with "fry", "frs", "free". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frac"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frac" is \fʁak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frac" come from?
"frac" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "frac", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

heur#35,538drac#35,472dove#35,471jute#35,568

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

dello5 variantsmateo5 variantsmori5 variantsnail5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list