frei
\fraɪ\
The verdict
“frei” is uncommon French (frequency #61,543 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,543
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Libre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frei · frei · French
frei · rank #61,543 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,543
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fraternités
Nearest frequency peer: fraternités (-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 « frei »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Fouras
Fouras
38,461 corpus weight
- franchies
franchies
38,460 corpus weight
- fraternités
fraternités
38,459 corpus weight
- frei
frei
38,458 corpus weight
- fringants
fringants
38,457 corpus weight
- frivoles
frivoles
38,456 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « frei » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frei |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fraɪ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « frei » en français
Rare enough to double-check
frei is uncommon French at frequency #61,543 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fraɪ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for frei, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 frei, spelled F-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1Libre.
- 2Gratuit.
- 3Illimité.
- 4Vacant, pas occupé.
- 5Exempt, libre, sans.
- 6Libre, sans restrictions, sans limites.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
ein freier Mann
der Weg ist frei
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).