freine

\fʁɛn\

/\fʁɛn\/ verb

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The verdict

“freine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,148. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,148
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de freiner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-freine · freine · French

freine · rank #20,148 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,148
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fortin

Nearest frequency peer: fortin (-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 « freine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « freine » 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).

freine vs frère
50% similar
freine vs frise
67% similar
freine vs frite
67% similar

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

Key facts for freine
PropertyValue
Headwordfreine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fʁɛn\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,148
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « freine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).freinese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fortin » (#20,147), « fétiche » (#20,149), « forcées » (#20,146). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « freine » est au #20,148. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around freine (IPA \fʁɛn\), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,148 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for freine, with forms such as "ferine", "ffreine", and "freien". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "frère", "frise", "frite", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 freine, spelled F-R-E-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de freiner.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de freiner.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de freiner.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de freiner.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de freiner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il freine trop lourd et sa gueule de flic va embugner (comme on dit chez moi, à Jallieu) le pare-brise.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ferine
  • ffreine
  • freien
  • freinne
  • frenie
  • friene
  • frreine
  • rfeine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ferine2ffreine1freien2freinne1frenie2friene2frreine1rfeine2
Edit distance from "freine"

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 "freine"?
"freine" is spelled F-R-E-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁɛn\.
What does "freine" mean?
As a verb, "freine" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de freiner.
What words are commonly confused with "freine"?
"freine" is commonly confused with "frère", "frise", "frite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "freine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "freine" is \fʁɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "freine" come from?
"freine" 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 "freine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fortin#20,147flyers#20,144gérées#20,153hélice#20,161

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list