fraîcheur

\fʁɛ.ʃœʁ\

/\fʁɛ.ʃœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“fraîcheur” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,163. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,163
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Froid doux et modéré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fraicheur · fraîcheur · French

fraîcheur · rank #10,163 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,163
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH frustration

Nearest frequency peer: frustration (+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 « fraîcheur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fraîcheur » 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).

fraîcheur vs fraîche
78% similar
fraîcheur vs fraîches
78% similar

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

Key facts for fraîcheur
PropertyValue
Headwordfraîcheur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁɛ.ʃœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#10,163
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fraîcheur »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fraîcheurse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « frustration » (#10,164), « figurer » (#10,161), « fréquences » (#10,165). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fraîcheur » est au #10,163. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around fraîcheur (IPA \fʁɛ.ʃœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,163 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for fraîcheur, with forms such as "farîcheur", "ffraîcheur", and "fracîheur". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fraîche", "fraîches", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fraîcheur, spelled F-R-A-Î-C-H-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Froid doux et modéré.
  2. 2
    Vent très faible qui suit ou qui précède le calme.
  3. 3
    Froidure ; froid.
  4. 4
    Douleur musculaire causée par un froid humide.
  5. 5
    Lustre ; brillant ; éclat agréable des fleurs, du teint, des couleurs, etc.
  6. 6
    absence d'altération ; conservation du premier état d'une chose.
  7. 7
    Caractère de grâce naturelle dans les conceptions de l’esprit.
  8. 8
    Beauté (femme).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] ; je descendis à la lueur des flambeaux dans cette habitation de gnomes, enfoncée sous terre d'environ quatre vingt pieds ; mais l’humidité, la fraîcheur et la fumée des torches abrégèrent ma promenade.
  2. […], mais ce lui était plaisir que de ne point manquer la sortie de l’étable fumante, dans la prime fraîcheur du matin.

This word in other languages

freshness(English)frescura(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • farîcheur
  • ffraîcheur
  • fracîheur
  • fraicheur
  • fraîccheur
  • fraîcehur
  • fraîcheru
  • fraîcheurr
  • fraîchheur
  • fraîchuer
  • fraîhceur
  • frraîcheur
  • frîacheur
  • rfaîcheur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

farîcheur2ffraîcheur1fracîheur2fraicheur1fraîccheur1fraîcehur2fraîcheru2fraîcheurr1
Edit distance from "fraîcheur"

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 "fraîcheur"?
"fraîcheur" is spelled F-R-A-Î-C-H-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁɛ.ʃœʁ\.
What does "fraîcheur" mean?
As a noun, "fraîcheur" means: Froid doux et modéré.
What words are commonly confused with "fraîcheur"?
"fraîcheur" is commonly confused with "fraîche", "fraîches". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fraîcheur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fraîcheur" is \fʁɛ.ʃœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fraîcheur" come from?
"fraîcheur" 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 "fraîcheur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Ferdinand#10,160fascinant#10,159fabriqués#10,156excessive#10,152

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

cérébrale14 variantsavènement14 variantspoliticien14 variantsrapportent14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list