Frederik

name

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The verdict

“Frederik” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,349. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,349
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frederik · Frederik · French

Frederik · rank #47,349 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,349
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH Franque

Nearest frequency peer: Franque (-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 « Frederik »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Frederik » 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).

Frederik vs frédéric
50% similar
Frederik vs Frederick
89% similar

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

Key facts for Frederik
PropertyValue
HeadwordFrederik
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#47,349
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Frederik »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Frederikse 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 « Franque » (#47,348), « frontistes » (#47,350), « fortifiés » (#47,347). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « Frederik » est au #47,349. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Frederik, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,349 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Frederik, with forms such as "ferderik", "ffrederik", and "frdeerik". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "frédéric", "Frederick", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Frederik, spelled F-R-E-D-E-R-I-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Heureusement, chacun a son ADN », glisse Frederik Backelandt, éditeur de Poggio, qui raconte les compétitions sur route, et de Grinta !, consacré aux pratiques loisir.
  2. Redécouvrez les plus célèbres comédies musicales avec le duo le plus réputé dans ce répertoire : Isabelle Georges et Frederik Steenbrink !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ferderik
  • ffrederik
  • frdeerik
  • fredderik
  • fredeirk
  • frederikk
  • frederki
  • frederrik
  • fredreik
  • freedrik
  • frrederik
  • rfederik

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Frederik - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ferderik2ffrederik1frdeerik2fredderik1fredeirk2frederikk1frederki2frederrik1
Edit distance from "Frederik"

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 "Frederik"?
"Frederik" is spelled F-R-E-D-E-R-I-K.
What does "Frederik" mean?
As a proper noun, "Frederik" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Frederik"?
"Frederik" is commonly confused with "frédéric", "Frederick". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Frederik" come from?
"Frederik" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

ferrière#47,342façonnée#47,340grenache#47,361exportée#47,330

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

excusent12 variantshilarité12 variantsentendis12 variantsefforçant12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list