frénésie

\fʁe.ne.zi\

/\fʁe.ne.zi\/ noun

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The verdict

“frénésie” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,600. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,600
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fureur violente.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frenesie · frénésie · French

frénésie · rank #24,600 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,600
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH froidement

Nearest frequency peer: froidement (-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 « frénésie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « frénésie » 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
Key facts for frénésie
PropertyValue
Headwordfrénésie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁe.ne.zi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,600
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frénésie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.frénésiese 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 « froidement » (#24,599), « fumant » (#24,601), « foute » (#24,598). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frénésie » est au #24,600. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around frénésie (IPA \fʁe.ne.zi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,600 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for frénésie, with forms such as "ffrénésie", "frenesie", and "frnéésie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is frénésie, spelled F-R-É-N-É-S-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fureur violente.
  2. 2
    Toute passion parvenue à un degré d’extrême violence et confinant à la folie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’ai à dire, reprit Marguerite, que je connais notre frère Charles. Je l’ai vu hier dans un de ces accès de frénésie dont chacun abrège sa vie de dix ans.
  2. Les grandes puissances se composaient d’abord des États-Unis, nation adonnée au commerce, mais lancée dans les frénésies militaires par les tentatives de l’Allemagne pour s’implanter dans l’Amérique du Sud.

This word in other languages

frenzy(English)frenesí(Español)frenesi(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffrénésie
  • frenesie
  • frnéésie
  • frrénésie
  • frénnésie
  • frénséie
  • frénéise
  • frénései
  • frénéssie
  • fréénsie
  • férnésie
  • rfénésie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frénésie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffrénésie1frenesie2frnéésie2frrénésie1frénnésie1frénséie2frénéise2frénései2
Edit distance from "frénésie"

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 "frénésie"?
"frénésie" is spelled F-R-É-N-É-S-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁe.ne.zi\.
What does "frénésie" mean?
As a noun, "frénésie" means: Fureur violente.
What are common misspellings of "frénésie"?
Common misspellings include "ffrénésie", "frenesie", "frnéésie", "frrénésie", "frénnésie". The correct spelling is "frénésie".
How do you pronounce "frénésie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frénésie" is \fʁe.ne.zi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frénésie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fâcheuse#24,604focalise#24,596gabonais#24,607galettes#24,609

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

flottante12 variantsincitent12 variantsinsulaire12 variantsdénivelé12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list