frégate

Name: frégate, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“frégate” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,733. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,733
frequency rank, French: 3,276
“F” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Navire de guerre qui n’avait qu’une seule batterie couverte et qui portait de vingt à soixante bouches à feu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fregate · frégate · French

frégate · rank #20,733 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #20,733
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 3,276
PHOTO-FINISH frontal

Nearest frequency peer: frontal (-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.

fourche

79,271
fourneaux

79,270
frontal

79,269
frégate

79,268
féminité

79,267
Gagnon

79,265

What this shows « frégate » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

frégate vs frégates

88% similar

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

Key facts for frégate
Property	Value
Headword	frégate
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#20,733
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frégate »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.frégatese place ici:

#20,733

#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 « frontal » (#20,732), « féminité » (#20,734), « fourneaux » (#20,731). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frégate » est au #20,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around frégate, anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,733 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for frégate, with forms such as "ffrégate", "fregate", and "frgéate". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "frégates", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is frégate, spelled F-R-É-G-A-T-E.

Definition

1
Navire de guerre qui n’avait qu’une seule batterie couverte et qui portait de vingt à soixante bouches à feu.
2
Navire de guerre de taille moyenne, intermédiaire entre la corvette et le croiseur, principalement destiné à la lutte contre les sous-marins et les avions.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Au 31 du mois d'Août Nous vîmes venir sous le vent à nous Une frégate d'Angleterre Qui fendait la mer et les flots C'était pour attaquer Bordeaux !
Des frégates et des destroyers d'escorte, bâtiments qui leur étaient comparables, furent armés en quelques semaines seulement.

This word in other languages

frigate(English)fragata(Español)Fregatte(Deutsch)fragata(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ffrégate
fregate
frgéate
frrégate
fréagte
frégaet
frégatte
fréggate
frégtae
férgate
rfégate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "frégate"

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 "frégate"?

"frégate" is spelled F-R-É-G-A-T-E.

What does "frégate" mean?

As a noun, "frégate" means: Navire de guerre qui n’avait qu’une seule batterie couverte et qui portait de vingt à soixante bouches à feu.

What words are commonly confused with "frégate"?

"frégate" is commonly confused with "frégates". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "frégate" come from?

"frégate" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

frontal#20,732 fourche#20,730 ficelle#20,722 glauque#20,744

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

figurine11 variants honteuse11 variants esquiver11 variants héberge11 variants