fracasse

\fʁa.kas\

/\fʁa.kas\/ verb

The verdict

“fracasse” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,951. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,951
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fracasser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fracasse · fracasse · French

fracasse · rank #43,951 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,951
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fouillis

Nearest frequency peer: fouillis (-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 « fracasse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fracasse » 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).

fracasse vs fraisse
75% similar
fracasse vs Française
56% similar
fracasse vs fracasser
89% similar

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

Key facts for fracasse
PropertyValue
Headwordfracasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fʁa.kas\
Letters8
Frequency rank#43,951
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fracasse »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fracassese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fouillis » (#43,950), « fortress » (#43,949), « frondeur » (#43,953). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fracasse » est au #43,951. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around fracasse (IPA \fʁa.kas\), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,951 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fracasse, with forms such as "farcasse", "ffracasse", and "fraacsse". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "fraisse", "Française", "fracasser", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fracasse, spelled F-R-A-C-A-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fracasser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fracasser.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de fracasser.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de fracasser.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de fracasser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. « Une femme qui fracasse des golgoths, c’est irréaliste », estime un lecteur dont le propos rappelle les réactions misogynes de certains gameurs lorsque Rockstar a révélé que GTA VI, permettrait d’incarner une femme.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • farcasse
  • ffracasse
  • fraacsse
  • fracase
  • fracases
  • fraccasse
  • fracsase
  • frcaasse
  • frracasse
  • rfacasse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fracasse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

farcasse2ffracasse1fraacsse2fracase1fracases2fraccasse1fracsase2frcaasse2
Edit distance from "fracasse"

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 "fracasse"?
"fracasse" is spelled F-R-A-C-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁa.kas\.
What does "fracasse" mean?
As a verb, "fracasse" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fracasser.
What words are commonly confused with "fracasse"?
"fracasse" is commonly confused with "fraisse", "Française", "fracasser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fracasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fracasse" is \fʁa.kas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fracasse" come from?
"fracasse" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list