frangipane

\fʁɑ̃.ʒi.pan\

/\fʁɑ̃.ʒi.pan\/ noun

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The verdict

“frangipane” is uncommon French (frequency #69,852 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,852
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parfum se rapprochant de celui du jasmin rouge (ou extrait de cette fleur), qui était utilisé autrefois pour parfumer les gants, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frangipane · frangipane · French

frangipane · rank #69,852 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,852
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH FPF

Nearest frequency peer: FPF (-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 « frangipane »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « frangipane » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for frangipane
PropertyValue
Headwordfrangipane
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁɑ̃.ʒi.pan\
Letters10
Frequency rank#69,852
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « frangipane » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.frangipanetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « FPF » (#69,851), « freire » (#69,853), « fourchue » (#69,850). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frangipane » est au #69,852. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

frangipane is uncommon French at frequency #69,852 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁɑ̃.ʒi.pan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for frangipane, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is frangipane, spelled F-R-A-N-G-I-P-A-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parfum se rapprochant de celui du jasmin rouge (ou extrait de cette fleur), qui était utilisé autrefois pour parfumer les gants, etc.
  2. 2
    Parfum se rapprochant de celui du jasmin rouge (ou extrait de cette fleur), qui était utilisé autrefois pour parfumer les gants, etc.
  3. 3
    Crème pâtissière additionnée d’amandes pilées ou de poudre d’amandes dont on se sert en pâtisserie pour garnir le pithiviers ou la galette des rois.
  4. 4
    Crème pâtissière additionnée d’amandes pilées ou de poudre d’amandes dont on se sert en pâtisserie pour garnir le pithiviers ou la galette des rois.
  5. 5
    Fruit, fleur du frangipanier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je vous aurais envoyé, par l’ordinaire passé, les gants de frangipane que vous désirez.
  2. Un feutre blanc à plume incarnadine se balançait à la main emprisonnée dans un gant à la frangipane.

This word in other languages

frangipane(English)

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 "frangipane"?
"frangipane" is spelled F-R-A-N-G-I-P-A-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁɑ̃.ʒi.pan\.
What does "frangipane" mean?
As a noun, "frangipane" means: Parfum se rapprochant de celui du jasmin rouge (ou extrait de cette fleur), qui était utilisé autrefois pour parfumer les gants, etc.
How do you pronounce "frangipane"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frangipane" is \fʁɑ̃.ʒi.pan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frangipane" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list