fratricide

\fʁa.tʁi.sid\

/\fʁa.tʁi.sid\/ adj

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The verdict

“fratricide” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,775. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,775
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie les guerres ou les luttes sanglantes entre frères ou concitoyens.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fratricide · fratricide · French

fratricide · rank #46,775 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,775
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fringe

Nearest frequency peer: fringe (+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 « fratricide »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fratricide » 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
Key facts for fratricide
PropertyValue
Headwordfratricide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fʁa.tʁi.sid\
Letters10
Frequency rank#46,775
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fratricide »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fringe » (#46,776), « foutrement » (#46,773), « frises » (#46,777). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fratricide » est au #46,775. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around fratricide (IPA \fʁa.tʁi.sid\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,775 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qualifie les guerres ou les luttes sanglantes entre frères ou concitoyens.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for fratricide, with forms such as "fartricide", "ffratricide", and "frarticide". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fratricide, spelled F-R-A-T-R-I-C-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie les guerres ou les luttes sanglantes entre frères ou concitoyens.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Parti républicain se dirige vers des mois de luttes fratricides qui connaîtront leurs dénouements lors des élections de l’année prochaine.
  2. Lutte fratricide.

This word in other languages

fratricidal(English)fratricida(Español)fratricida(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fartricide
  • ffratricide
  • frarticide
  • fratircide
  • fratrciide
  • fratriccide
  • fratricdie
  • fratricidde
  • fratricied
  • fratriicde
  • fratrricide
  • frattricide
  • frratricide
  • frtaricide
  • rfatricide

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fratricide - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

fartricide2ffratricide1frarticide2fratircide2fratrciide2fratriccide1fratricdie2fratricidde1
Edit distance from "fratricide"

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 "fratricide"?
"fratricide" is spelled F-R-A-T-R-I-C-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁa.tʁi.sid\.
What does "fratricide" mean?
As an adjective, "fratricide" means: Qualifie les guerres ou les luttes sanglantes entre frères ou concitoyens.
What are common misspellings of "fratricide"?
Common misspellings include "fartricide", "ffratricide", "frarticide", "fratircide", "fratrciide". The correct spelling is "fratricide".
How do you pronounce "fratricide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fratricide" is \fʁa.tʁi.sid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fratricide" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

foutrement#46,773fascicules#46,752enflamment#46,744embonpoint#46,739

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

guérisseurs15 variantsentomologie15 variantsincitatifs15 variantseffroyables15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list