fragrant
\fʁa.ɡʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“fragrant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Odorant, d'une odeur pénétrante et suave.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fragrant · fragrant · French
fragrant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fragrant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fʁa.ɡʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fragrant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fʁa.ɡʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Odorant, d'une odeur pénétrante et suave.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for fragrant in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 fragrant, spelled F-R-A-G-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Odorant, d'une odeur pénétrante et suave.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fragrant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Linnaeus rapportait les odeurs à sept sections principales ; nᵒ 1 Les odeurs aromatiques, odores aromatici, comme celles des fleurs d'oeillet, des feuilles de laurier, etc. ; nᵒ 2 Les odeurs fragrantes, etc.
This word in other languages
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