fréquent
French, adjective/fʁe.kɑ̃/
fréquent is spelled F-R-É-Q-U-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written French, the 8,354th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fréquent is a French adjective meaning “frequent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se reproduit souvent”.
What does fréquent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
frequent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se reproduit souvent. 2. Qualifie un pouls qui bat plus vite qu’à l’ordinaire. 3. Qualifie une respiration courte et rapide. 4. Qui se rencontre assez souvent.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fréquent
- fréquente feminine
- fréquents masculine plural
- fréquentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fréquent?
- /fʁe.kɑ̃/
- \fʁe.kɑ̃\
- [fʁe.kɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fréquent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fréquent in French?
fréquent appears 7.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).