Fraysse

\fʁɛs\

/\fʁɛs\/ name

The verdict

“Fraysse” is uncommon French (frequency #89,738 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,738
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille occitan, correspondant au nom de famille français Dufresne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fraysse · Fraysse · French

Fraysse · rank #89,738 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,738
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fratres

Nearest frequency peer: Fratres (-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 « Fraysse »

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 « Fraysse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fraysse
PropertyValue
HeadwordFraysse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\fʁɛs\
Letters7
Frequency rank#89,738
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Fraysse » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Frayssetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Fratres » (#89,737), « fratelli » (#89,736), « Fugain » (#89,741). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « Fraysse » est au #89,738. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fraysse is uncommon French at frequency #89,738 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \fʁɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille occitan, correspondant au nom de famille français Dufresne.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Fraysse, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Fraysse, spelled F-R-A-Y-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille occitan, correspondant au nom de famille français Dufresne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le président Roger Fraysse ne cachait pas « sa satisfaction du travail de patience accompli ».
  2. « La courbe des prix est complètement délirante ces dernières semaines », souligne Antoine Fraysse-Soulier, responsable de l’analyse des marchés chez eToro, rappelant que le cacao se négociait autour de 4 200 $ (3 878 €) la tonne en début d’année et à moins de 3 000 $ (2 770 €) il y a deux ans.

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 "Fraysse"?
"Fraysse" is spelled F-R-A-Y-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁɛs\.
What does "Fraysse" mean?
As a proper noun, "Fraysse" means: Nom de famille occitan, correspondant au nom de famille français Dufresne.
How do you pronounce "Fraysse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fraysse" is \fʁɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fraysse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list