fréquente

/\fʁe.kɑ̃t\/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,831

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

fréquente is anFrenchadj. It means: Féminin singulier de fréquent. Pronounced \fʁe.kɑ̃t\. It ranks #6,831 in French word frequency. Often confused with fréquents and fréquentes.

Key facts for fréquente
PropertyValue
Headwordfréquente
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\fʁe.kɑ̃t\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,831
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for fréquente is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fʁe.kɑ̃t\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,831 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin singulier de fréquent.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for fréquente, with forms such as "ffréquente", "frequente", and "frqéuente". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "fréquents", "fréquentes", "fréquenter", 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 fréquente, spelled F-R-É-Q-U-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de fréquent.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffréquente,frequente,frqéuente,frréquente,fréqeunte,fréqquente,fréquenet,fréquennte,fréquentte,fréquetne,fréqunete,fréuqente,férquente,rféquente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fréquente

Misspelling Variants of "fréquente"

ffréquente10frequente9frqéuente9frréquente10fréqeunte9fréqquente10fréquenet9fréquennte10
Misspelling Variants of "fréquente"

Frequency rank: #6,831 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fréquente"?
"fréquente" is spelled F-R-É-Q-U-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁe.kɑ̃t\.
What does "fréquente" mean?
As an adj, "fréquente" means: Féminin singulier de fréquent.
What words are commonly confused with "fréquente"?
"fréquente" is commonly confused with "fréquents", "fréquentes", "fréquenter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fréquente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fréquente" is \fʁe.kɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fréquente" come from?
"fréquente" 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.