frère germain
\fʁɛʁ ʒɛʁ.mɛ̃\
The verdict
“frère germain” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Frère de mêmes père et mère.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frère germain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁɛʁ ʒɛʁ.mɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “frère germain” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
frère germain is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁɛʁ ʒɛʁ.mɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frère de mêmes père et mère.".
frère germain doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is frère germain, spelled F-R-È-R-E- -G-E-R-M-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Frère de mêmes père et mère.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “frère germain”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-R-È-R-E- -G-E-R-M-A-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fʁɛʁ ʒɛʁ.mɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.