fraîche

\fʁɛʃ\

/\fʁɛʃ\/ adj

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The verdict

“fraîche” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,397. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,397
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de frais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fraiche · fraîche · French

fraîche · rank #6,397 · 11 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,397
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH finales

Nearest frequency peer: finales (-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 « fraîche »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fraîche » 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).

fraîche vs France
57% similar
fraîche vs fraise
57% similar
fraîche vs friche
71% similar

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

Key facts for fraîche
PropertyValue
Headwordfraîche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fʁɛʃ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,397
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fraîche »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fraîchese 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 « finales » (#6,396), « goutte » (#6,398), « filet » (#6,395). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fraîche » est au #6,397. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around fraîche (IPA \fʁɛʃ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,397 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de frais.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fraîche, with forms such as "farîche", "ffraîche", and "fracîhe". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "France", "fraise", "friche", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fraîche, spelled F-R-A-Î-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de frais.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Avec ça, je m’exhibe dans les boîtes de nuit et les grands restaurants la plus superbe poule qui se puisse rêver, ma dactylo, Suzanne, une enfant de dix-huit ans, fraîche, brune, émoustillante en diable, avec des yeux spirituels, dans une frimousse d’ingénue.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • farîche
  • ffraîche
  • fracîhe
  • fraiche
  • fraîcche
  • fraîceh
  • fraîchhe
  • fraîhce
  • frraîche
  • frîache
  • rfaîche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

farîche2ffraîche1fracîhe2fraiche1fraîcche1fraîceh2fraîchhe1fraîhce2
Edit distance from "fraîche"

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 "fraîche"?
"fraîche" is spelled F-R-A-Î-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁɛʃ\.
What does "fraîche" mean?
As an adjective, "fraîche" means: Féminin singulier de frais.
What words are commonly confused with "fraîche"?
"fraîche" is commonly confused with "France", "fraise", "friche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fraîche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fraîche" is \fʁɛʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fraîche" come from?
"fraîche" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

finales#6,396esclave#6,391investi#6,405couloir#6,386

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

merveille11 variantscharité11 variantsreconnais11 variantsaffection11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list