frédéric

\fʁe.de.ʁik\

/\fʁe.de.ʁik\/ noun

The verdict

“frédéric” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,404. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,404
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monnaie d’or de Prusse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frederic · frédéric · French

frédéric · rank #3,404 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,404
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fout

Nearest frequency peer: fout (-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 « frédéric »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « frédéric » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

frédéric vs Frederik
50% similar
frédéric vs Frederick
56% similar
frédéric vs Frédérique
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for frédéric
PropertyValue
Headwordfrédéric
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁe.de.ʁik\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,404
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frédéric »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).frédéricse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fout » (#3,403), « engage » (#3,402), « intermédiaire » (#3,406). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frédéric » est au #3,404. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around frédéric (IPA \fʁe.de.ʁik\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,404 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Monnaie d’or de Prusse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for frédéric, with forms such as "ffrédéric", "frdééric", and "frederic". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Frederik", "Frederick", "Frédérique", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 frédéric, spelled F-R-É-D-É-R-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monnaie d’or de Prusse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. « — Vous êtes de braves gens, oubliez un instant de colère ; l’esprit est fort, mais la chair est faible. Permettez-moi de vous témoigner ma reconnaissance. » Il voulut remettre un frédéric d’or à ma mère, mais elle refusa et répondit : « — C’est au nom de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ que nous vous avons assisté dans le malheur, Monsieur le curé. »

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffrédéric
  • frdééric
  • frederic
  • frrédéric
  • fréddéric
  • frédréic
  • frédéirc
  • frédérci
  • frédéricc
  • frédérric
  • fréédric
  • férdéric
  • rfédéric

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frédéric - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffrédéric1frdééric2frederic2frrédéric1fréddéric1frédréic2frédéirc2frédérci2
Edit distance from "frédéric"

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 "frédéric"?
"frédéric" is spelled F-R-É-D-É-R-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁe.de.ʁik\.
What does "frédéric" mean?
As a noun, "frédéric" means: Monnaie d’or de Prusse.
What words are commonly confused with "frédéric"?
"frédéric" is commonly confused with "Frederik", "Frederick", "Frédérique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frédéric"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frédéric" is \fʁe.de.ʁik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frédéric" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list