frelon

\fʁə.lɔ̃\

/\fʁə.lɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“frelon” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,307. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,307
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de grosse guêpe, de nom scientifique Vespa crabro.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frelon · frelon · French

frelon · rank #39,307 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,307
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fraudeur

Nearest frequency peer: fraudeur (-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 « frelon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « frelon » 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).

frelon vs frérot
50% similar
frelon vs frelons
86% similar
frelon vs frein
67% similar

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

Key facts for frelon
PropertyValue
Headwordfrelon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁə.lɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#39,307
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frelon »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fraudeur » (#39,306), « friches » (#39,308), « frasques » (#39,305). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frelon » est au #39,307. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around frelon (IPA \fʁə.lɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,307 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for frelon, with forms such as "ferlon", "ffrelon", and "frellon". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "frérot", "frelons", "frein", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented 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 frelon, spelled F-R-E-L-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de grosse guêpe, de nom scientifique Vespa crabro.
  2. 2
    Gens inutiles à la société.
  3. 3
    Gens incapables et envieux qui décrient les ouvrages d’autrui et qui les pillent.
  4. 4
    Frère, frérot (pour désigner une personne proche, sans nécessairement un lien familial).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un frelon qui bourdonne.
  2. Le champ mort et désert, où les frelons autrefois bourdonnaient seuls autour des fleurs grasses, dans le silence écrasant du soleil.

Synonyms

burgaucabridancul-jaunegravalonguichardlombardetalène

This word in other languages

hornet(English)abejón(Español)Hornisse(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ferlon
  • ffrelon
  • frellon
  • frelno
  • frelonn
  • freoln
  • frleon
  • frrelon
  • rfelon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ferlon2ffrelon1frellon1frelno2frelonn1freoln2frleon2frrelon1
Edit distance from "frelon"

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 "frelon"?
"frelon" is spelled F-R-E-L-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁə.lɔ̃\.
What does "frelon" mean?
As a noun, "frelon" means: Sorte de grosse guêpe, de nom scientifique Vespa crabro.
What words are commonly confused with "frelon"?
"frelon" is commonly confused with "frérot", "frelons", "frein". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frelon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frelon" is \fʁə.lɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frelon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

fêtait#39,313fiacre#39,298Genest#39,317fedora#39,296

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

fuseaux9 variantsfusionne9 variantsgibbons9 variantsGunners9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list