frais

\fʁɛ\

/\fʁɛ\/ adj

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The verdict

“frais” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #899. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#899
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indique un état de fraîcheur, de bonne conservation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frais · frais · French

frais · rank #899 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #899
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH désormais

Nearest frequency peer: désormais (-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 « frais »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « frais » 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).

frais vs frs
60% similar
frais vs fric
60% similar
frais vs fuis
60% similar

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

Key facts for frais
PropertyValue
Headwordfrais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fʁɛ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#899
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frais »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fraisse 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 « désormais » (#898), « G » (#900), « défense » (#897). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frais » est au #899. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around frais (IPA \fʁɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #899 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for frais, with forms such as "faris", "ffrais", and "fraiss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "frs", "fric", "fuis", and more, 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 frais, spelled F-R-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Indique un état de fraîcheur, de bonne conservation.
  2. 2
    Récent, qui vient d’arriver.
  3. 3
    De température assez basse.
  4. 4
    Qualifie un vent relativement fort et froid, favorable à la navigation.
  5. 5
    Qui a gardé l’éclat de la jeunesse.
  6. 6
    Cool.
  7. 7
    Beau.
  8. 8
    Qui se trouve dans une situation défavorable.
  9. 9
    Rafraîchissant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La production mondiale actuelle est d'environ 13,5 millions de tonnes de pois secs et 4,8 millions de tonnes de pois frais.
  2. Étant le seul autorisé à porter une arme à feu, Gabriel Morange avait décidé que les garçons chasseraient à l’arc. Aussi avait-il demandé à un Dineh – réputé bon facteur d’arc – d’en confectionner deux, suffisamment petits pour pouvoir être aisément maniés par des enfants, mais assez puissants pour pouvoir transpercer la peau d’un cerf. Il sourit au souve…

Antonyms

avariédoux

This word in other languages

fresh(English)fresco(Español)frisch(Deutsch)fresco(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • faris
  • ffrais
  • fraiss
  • frasi
  • frias
  • frrais
  • rfais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frais - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

faris2ffrais1fraiss1frasi2frias2frrais1rfais2
Edit distance from "frais"

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 "frais"?
"frais" is spelled F-R-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁɛ\.
What does "frais" mean?
As an adjective, "frais" means: Indique un état de fraîcheur, de bonne conservation.
What words are commonly confused with "frais"?
"frais" is commonly confused with "frs", "fric", "fuis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frais" is \fʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frais" come from?
"frais" 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 "frais", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

créer#895style#888bande#915faute#874

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

villes7 variantsjoueur7 variantsfaits7 variantstotal7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list