fredaine
\fʁə.dɛn\
The verdict
“fredaine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Folie de jeunesse, escapade.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fredaine · fredaine · French
fredaine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fredaine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁə.dɛn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fredaine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fredaine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁə.dɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Folie de jeunesse, escapade.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for fredaine in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists 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 fredaine, spelled F-R-E-D-A-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Folie de jeunesse, escapade.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fredaine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lorenzo.– J’aurai ce soir quelque bonne histoire à vous conter, quelque charmante petite fredaine qui pourra faire lever de bonne heure demain matin quelques-unes de toutes ces canailles.
Il n’y avait point de jour qu’on ne vînt déranger le brave homme, au milieu d’une partie de cartes, pour se plaindre des fredaines du petit vaurien ; ….
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.