frangin

\fʁɑ̃.ʒɛ̃\

/\fʁɑ̃.ʒɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“frangin” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,732. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,732
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frère ; frérot ; copain ; camarade.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frangin · frangin · French

frangin · rank #26,732 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,732
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fourier

Nearest frequency peer: fourier (-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 « frangin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « frangin » 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).

frangin vs Frankie
57% similar
frangin vs franklin
75% similar
frangin vs frangins
88% similar

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

Key facts for frangin
PropertyValue
Headwordfrangin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁɑ̃.ʒɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,732
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frangin »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.franginse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fourier » (#26,731), « frappées » (#26,733), « fouine » (#26,730). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frangin » est au #26,732. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around frangin (IPA \fʁɑ̃.ʒɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,732 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for frangin, with forms such as "farngin", "ffrangin", and "fragnin". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Frankie", "franklin", "frangins", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is frangin, spelled F-R-A-N-G-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Frère ; frérot ; copain ; camarade.
  2. 2
    Surnom donné à un frère, dans le jargon de la franc-maçonnerie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais quoi ! C’était pas non plus une raison si tu renonçais à l’entreprise pour abandonner un frangin comme moi à la dérive.
  2. Son frangin, il ne pouvait guère s’entendre avec lui. Pas du tout le même genre, les deux frères.

This word in other languages

bro(English)mano(Español)Bro(Deutsch)irmão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • farngin
  • ffrangin
  • fragnin
  • franggin
  • franginn
  • frangni
  • franign
  • franngin
  • frnagin
  • frrangin
  • rfangin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

farngin2ffrangin1fragnin2franggin1franginn1frangni2franign2franngin1
Edit distance from "frangin"

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 "frangin"?
"frangin" is spelled F-R-A-N-G-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁɑ̃.ʒɛ̃\.
What does "frangin" mean?
As a noun, "frangin" means: Frère ; frérot ; copain ; camarade.
What words are commonly confused with "frangin"?
"frangin" is commonly confused with "Frankie", "franklin", "frangins". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frangin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frangin" is \fʁɑ̃.ʒɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frangin" come from?
"frangin" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

fourier#26,731fratrie#26,734fronton#26,737galérer#26,739

Similar misspelling depth

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

frappées11 variantsgenerale11 variantsEldorado11 variantseconomic11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list