frairie
\fʁɛ.ʁi\
The verdict
“frairie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Subdivision d'une paroisse, durant l'Ancien Régime.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frairie · frairie · French
frairie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | frairie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁɛ.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
frairie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁɛ.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for frairie, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is frairie, spelled F-R-A-I-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Subdivision d'une paroisse, durant l'Ancien Régime.
- 2Fête de village, kermesse.
- 3Partie de divertissement et de bonne chère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frairie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] ; La Trinité-Surzur, qui s'appela aussi Trinité-de-la-Lande, était une frairie de Surzur séparée en 1790, et sa chapelle de la Trinité relevait de l'hôpital de Vannes ; […].
C’est aujourd’hui la frairie dans tel endroit.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.