freed
\ˈfɹid\
The verdict
“freed” is uncommon French (frequency #83,894 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,894
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prétérit de free.
Corpus desk
Index FR-freed · freed · French
freed · rank #83,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,894
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH freinages
Nearest frequency peer: freinages (+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 « freed »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Fourmies
Fourmies
16,110 corpus weight
- Fourniret
Fourniret
16,109 corpus weight
- freed
freed
16,107 corpus weight
- freinages
freinages
16,106 corpus weight
- Freitas
Freitas
16,105 corpus weight
- friables
friables
16,104 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « freed » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | freed |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈfɹid\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « freed » en français
Rare enough to double-check
freed is uncommon French at frequency #83,894 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈfɹid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for freed in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is freed, spelled F-R-E-E-D.
Definition
- 1Prétérit de free.
- 2Participe passé de 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.
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