frelon

/\fʁə.lɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,307

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

frelon is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sorte de grosse guêpe, de nom scientifique Vespa crabro. Pronounced \fʁə.lɔ̃\. Often confused with frérot and frelons.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of frelon in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for frelon is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fʁə.lɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #39,307 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for frelon, with forms such as "ferlon", "ffrelon", and "frellon". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "frérot", "frelons", "frein", and more, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is frelon, spelled F-R-E-L-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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).

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ferlon,ffrelon,frellon,frelno,frelonn,freoln,frleon,frrelon,rfelon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for frelon

Misspelling Variants of "frelon"

ferlon6ffrelon7frellon7frelno6frelonn7freoln6frleon6frrelon7
Misspelling Variants of "frelon"

Frequency rank: #39,307 in French

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?
"frelon" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.