frémir

\fʁe.miʁ\

/\fʁe.miʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“frémir” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,100. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,100
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire entendre une succession de petits bruits, de tremblements.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fremir · frémir · French

frémir · rank #34,100 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,100
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH formons

Nearest frequency peer: formons (-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 « frémir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « frémir » 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).

frémir vs Frexit
33% similar
frémir vs frein
50% similar

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

Key facts for frémir
PropertyValue
Headwordfrémir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fʁe.miʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,100
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frémir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).frémirse 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 « formons » (#34,099), « fontana » (#34,098), « girouette » (#34,103). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frémir » est au #34,100. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around frémir (IPA \fʁe.miʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,100 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for frémir, with forms such as "ffrémir", "fremir", and "frméir". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Frexit", "frein", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is frémir, spelled F-R-É-M-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire entendre une succession de petits bruits, de tremblements.
  2. 2
    En parlant d’un liquide, être presque en ébullition, et produire un son léger.
  3. 3
    Faire entendre des vibrations.
  4. 4
    Être pris d’une sorte de tremblement causé par la surprise, la peur, le froid.
  5. 5
    Être en proie à une vive agitation, sous l’effet de quelque sentiment, de quelque passion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le vent frémit dans le feuillage. La mer frémit.
  2. Tandis que le feuillage frémissait et que les joncs sifflaient. - Flaubert

This word in other languages

quiver(English)gruseln(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffrémir
  • fremir
  • frméir
  • frrémir
  • fréimr
  • frémirr
  • frémmir
  • frémri
  • férmir
  • rfémir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffrémir1fremir1frméir2frrémir1fréimr2frémirr1frémmir1frémri2
Edit distance from "frémir"

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 "frémir"?
"frémir" is spelled F-R-É-M-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁe.miʁ\.
What does "frémir" mean?
As a verb, "frémir" means: Faire entendre une succession de petits bruits, de tremblements.
What words are commonly confused with "frémir"?
"frémir" is commonly confused with "Frexit", "frein". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frémir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frémir" is \fʁe.miʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frémir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

extras#34,092Hanson#34,112heaven#34,115enough#34,082

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

fontana10 variantsgirouette10 variantsessayerai10 variantsemparée10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list