fragment
\fʁaɡ.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“fragment” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #15,384 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,384
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Morceau de quelque chose qui a été cassé, brisé, séparé de son tout.
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 | fragment |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁaɡ.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,384 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fragment” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fragment is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fʁaɡ.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,384 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for fragment, with forms such as "fargment", "ffragment", and "fragemnt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "froment", "frappent", "fragments", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fragment, spelled F-R-A-G-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Morceau de quelque chose qui a été cassé, brisé, séparé de son tout.
- 2Petite partie d’un livre, d’un traité, d’un ouvrage, etc.
- 3Morceau d’un livre, d’un ouvrage qui n’est pas encore terminé, ou qui n’a pu l’être.
- 4Format des données transitant par la couche de transport du modèle OSI.
- 5Élément d’une base de données distribuée fragmentée.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fargment,ffragment,fragemnt,fraggment,fragmennt,fragmentt,fragmetn,fragmment,fragmnet,framgent,frgament,frragment,rfagment
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fragment - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “fragment”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-R-A-G-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fʁaɡ.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “froment” - see the side-by-side comparison. fragment vs froment
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.