frasier

\fʁa.zje\

/\fʁa.zje\/ noun

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The verdict

“frasier” is uncommon French (frequency #77,535 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,535
frequency rank, French
137,178
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonyme de fraisil, qui est bien plus souvent employé.

Key facts for frasier
PropertyValue
Headwordfrasier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁa.zje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#77,535
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “frasier” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). frasier lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

frasier is uncommon French at frequency #77,535 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁa.zje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de fraisil, qui est bien plus souvent employé.".

Zero misspellings are on record for frasier in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is frasier, spelled F-R-A-S-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonyme de fraisil, qui est bien plus souvent employé.

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 "frasier"?
"frasier" is spelled F-R-A-S-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁa.zje\.
What does "frasier" mean?
As a noun, "frasier" means: Synonyme de fraisil, qui est bien plus souvent employé.
How do you pronounce "frasier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frasier" is \fʁa.zje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frasier" come from?
"frasier" 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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Using “frasier”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is F-R-A-S-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fʁa.zje\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list