freedman
\ˈfɹid.mən\
The verdict
“freedman” is uncommon French (frequency #79,332 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,332
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Affranchi. Esclave à qui on a rendu la liberté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-freedman · freedman · French
freedman · rank #79,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,332
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fraisiers
Nearest frequency peer: fraisiers (-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 « freedman »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- foudroie
foudroie
20,672 corpus weight
- fragmente
fragmente
20,671 corpus weight
- fraisiers
fraisiers
20,670 corpus weight
- freedman
freedman
20,669 corpus weight
- frente
frente
20,668 corpus weight
- friqués
friqués
20,667 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « freedman » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | freedman |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈfɹid.mən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « freedman » en français
Rare enough to double-check
freedman is uncommon French at frequency #79,332 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈfɹid.mən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Affranchi. Esclave à qui on a rendu la liberté.".
No misspelling variants are generated for freedman in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is freedman, spelled F-R-E-E-D-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Affranchi. Esclave à qui on a rendu la liberté.
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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