freins
\fʁɛ̃\
The verdict
“freins” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,708. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,708
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de frein.
Corpus desk
Index FR-freins · freins · French
freins · rank #10,708 · 9 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,708
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH frappée
Nearest frequency peer: frappée (-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 « freins »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- extrémistes
extrémistes
89,296 corpus weight
- fiancée
fiancée
89,295 corpus weight
- frappée
frappée
89,294 corpus weight
- freins
freins
89,293 corpus weight
- fréquents
fréquents
89,292 corpus weight
- garnison
garnison
89,290 corpus weight
What this shows « freins » 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | freins |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,708 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « freins »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around freins (IPA \fʁɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,708 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de frein.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for freins, with forms such as "ferins", "ffreins", and "freinns". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "frêne", "frits", "Fries", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is freins, spelled F-R-E-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de frein.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ferins
- ffreins
- freinns
- freinss
- freisn
- frenis
- friens
- frreins
- rfeins
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of freins - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "freins", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).