fréquentes

\fʁe.kɑ̃t\

/\fʁe.kɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“fréquentes” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,842. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,842
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de fréquent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frequentes · fréquentes · French

fréquentes · rank #9,842 · 16 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,842
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH franchi

Nearest frequency peer: franchi (-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 « fréquentes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fréquentes » 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).

fréquentes vs fréquents
90% similar
fréquentes vs fréquence
80% similar
fréquentes vs fréquente
90% similar

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

Key facts for fréquentes
PropertyValue
Headwordfréquentes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fʁe.kɑ̃t\
Letters10
Frequency rank#9,842
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fréquentes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fréquentesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « franchi » (#9,841), « fédéraux » (#9,843), « fraction » (#9,840). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fréquentes » est au #9,842. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around fréquentes (IPA \fʁe.kɑ̃t\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,842 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de fréquent.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for fréquentes, with forms such as "ffréquentes", "frequentes", and "frqéuentes". 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. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "fréquents", "fréquence", "fréquente", 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. The correct French form is fréquentes, spelled F-R-É-Q-U-E-N-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de fréquent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle était sujette à de fréquentes insomnies et prenait régulièrement un ou deux cachets de théralène qu’elle faisait dissoudre dans un verre d’eau.
  2. Les lésions les plus fréquentes sont la perte de base (la formation de sites dépurinés/dépyrimidinés ou abasiques), la déanimation des cytosines ainsi que la production de photoproduits (201-203).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffréquentes
  • frequentes
  • frqéuentes
  • frréquentes
  • fréqeuntes
  • fréqquentes
  • fréquenets
  • fréquenntes
  • fréquentess
  • fréquentse
  • fréquenttes
  • fréquetnes
  • fréqunetes
  • fréuqentes
  • férquentes
  • rféquentes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffréquentes1frequentes1frqéuentes2frréquentes1fréqeuntes2fréqquentes1fréquenets2fréquenntes1
Edit distance from "fréquentes"

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list