frangine
\fʁɑ̃.ʒin\
The verdict
“frangine” is uncommon French (frequency #68,297 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,297
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sœur, sœurette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frangine · frangine · French
frangine · rank #68,297 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,297
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH franciscaine
Nearest frequency peer: franciscaine (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « frangine »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fourth
fourth
31,707 corpus weight
- fragrances
fragrances
31,706 corpus weight
- franciscaine
franciscaine
31,705 corpus weight
- frangine
frangine
31,704 corpus weight
- fringale
fringale
31,703 corpus weight
- fromagers
fromagers
31,702 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « frangine » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frangine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁɑ̃.ʒin\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,297 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « frangine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
frangine is uncommon French at frequency #68,297 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁɑ̃.ʒin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for frangine in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is frangine, spelled F-R-A-N-G-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Sœur, sœurette.
- 2Femme ou jeune fille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frangine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il poursuivit : — T’es ma frangine et si j’te parle, c’est parce qu’on est, les deux… on est… Il ne trouvait pas les mots nécessaires, alors il avoua : — J’dois d’la galette, rue de l’École. — Assez ! gémit la jeune fille.
Lui aussi avait du succès auprès des frangines… Il pouvait s’envoyer toutes les pépées qu’il voulait.
This word in other languages
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.
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