frérot

\fʁe.ʁo\

/\fʁe.ʁo\/ noun

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The verdict

“frérot” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,220. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,220
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit frère, frangin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frerot · frérot · French

frérot · rank #23,220 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,220
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH frondeurs

Nearest frequency peer: frondeurs (-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 « frérot »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « frérot » 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).

frérot vs Frexit
33% similar
frérot vs frère
50% similar
frérot vs frères
50% similar

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

Key facts for frérot
PropertyValue
Headwordfrérot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁe.ʁo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,220
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frérot »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).frérotse 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 « frondeurs » (#23,219), « fâcher » (#23,221), « fougue » (#23,218). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frérot » est au #23,220. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around frérot (IPA \fʁe.ʁo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,220 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for frérot, with forms such as "ffrérot", "frerot", and "frréot". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Frexit", "frère", "frères", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is frérot, spelled F-R-É-R-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit frère, frangin.
  2. 2
    Religieux sans importance, moinillon.
  3. 3
    Nom donné aux franciscains qui s’étaient émancipés des règles édictées par François d’Assise.
  4. 4
    , Membre ou partisan des Frères musulmans.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je l’ai quasiment vu grandir comme un frérot (jeune frère) ; il n’y avait pas de plus laid gars dans toute la paroisse ; mais aussi c’était la meilleure créature du bon Dieu.
  2. Ah bon d'accord, merci beaucoup mon frérot, tu es trop gentil. — (Pierre Delmond, Mon fantôme ou mon ombre ?, tome 1, 2021)

This word in other languages

Brüderchen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffrérot
  • frerot
  • frréot
  • frrérot
  • fréort
  • frérott
  • frérrot
  • frérto
  • férrot
  • rférot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frérot - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ffrérot1frerot1frréot2frrérot1fréort2frérott1frérrot1frérto2
Edit distance from "frérot"

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 "frérot"?
"frérot" is spelled F-R-É-R-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁe.ʁo\.
What does "frérot" mean?
As a noun, "frérot" means: Petit frère, frangin.
What words are commonly confused with "frérot"?
"frérot" is commonly confused with "Frexit", "frère", "frères". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frérot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frérot" is \fʁe.ʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frérot" come from?
"frérot" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fâcher#23,221fougue#23,218Goethe#23,224fiston#23,212

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

foudres10 variantsgoudron10 variantsfillettes10 variantshonorée10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list