fragrance

\fʁa.ɡʁɑ̃s\

/\fʁa.ɡʁɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“fragrance” is uncommon French (frequency #51,481 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,481
frequency rank, French
137,178
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parfum.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fragrance · fragrance · French

fragrance · rank #51,481 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,481
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 137,178
  • PHOTO-FINISH foxy

Nearest frequency peer: foxy (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “fragrance”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “fragrance” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for fragrance
PropertyValue
Headwordfragrance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁa.ɡʁɑ̃s\
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,481
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fragrance” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). fragrance lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fragrance is uncommon French at frequency #51,481 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁa.ɡʁɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for fragrance in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 fragrance, spelled F-R-A-G-R-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parfum.
  2. 2
    Odeur plaisante d’un produit parfumé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De la création d’une fragrance, en passant par la conception de son flacon, jusqu’à son installation sur les étagères chromées d’un grand magasin, il faut réunir une foule d’intervenants d’horizons très variés.
  2. Il saurait incidemment – en baisant Djamila pour la première fois – que ce parfum était Opium, d’Yves Saint Laurent, et que cette fragrance serait sa madeleine de Proust à tout jamais.

This word in other languages

fragrance(English)fragancia(Español)Wohlgeruch(Deutsch)fragrância(Português)

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fragrance"?
"fragrance" is spelled F-R-A-G-R-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁa.ɡʁɑ̃s\.
What does "fragrance" mean?
As a noun, "fragrance" means: Parfum.
How do you pronounce "fragrance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fragrance" is \fʁa.ɡʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fragrance" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list