free

\fʁi\

/\fʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“free” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,537. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,537
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teuf, fête gratuite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-free · free · French

free · rank #3,537 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,537
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH francs

Nearest frequency peer: francs (-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 « free »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « free » 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).

free vs fry
50% similar
free vs frs
50% similar
free vs from
50% similar

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

Key facts for free
PropertyValue
Headwordfree
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,537
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « free »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.freese 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 « francs » (#3,536), « fusion » (#3,538), « fleur » (#3,535). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « free » est au #3,537. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around free (IPA \fʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,537 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Teuf, fête gratuite.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for free, with forms such as "fere", "ffree", and "fre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fry", "frs", "from", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is free, spelled F-R-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Teuf, fête gratuite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On va en free ce soir ?
  2. 80 % des personnes qui se rendent en free le week-end sont insérées dans la société.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fere
  • ffree
  • fre
  • frree
  • rfee

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of free - 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.

fere2ffree1fre1frree1rfee2
Edit distance from "free"

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 "free"?
"free" is spelled F-R-E-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁi\.
What does "free" mean?
As a noun, "free" means: Teuf, fête gratuite.
What words are commonly confused with "free"?
"free" is commonly confused with "fry", "frs", "from". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "free"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "free" is \fʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "free" come from?
"free" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gris#3,539juif#3,540dise#3,530SNCF#3,569

Similar misspelling depth

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

adam5 variantsliée5 variantsmagie5 variantsopen5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list