fresh

/\fɹɛʃ\/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,013

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

fresh is anFrenchadj. It means: Récent. Pronounced \fɹɛʃ\. Often confused with frs and Freud.

Key facts for fresh
PropertyValue
Headwordfresh
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\fɹɛʃ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#26,013
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for fresh is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɹɛʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #26,013 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for fresh, with forms such as "fersh", "ffresh", and "frehs". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "frs", "Freud", "frise", 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 fresh, spelled F-R-E-S-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Récent.
  2. 2
    Frais.
  3. 3
    Douce, sans sel, en parlant d'eau.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fersh,ffresh,frehs,freshh,fressh,frresh,frseh,rfesh

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fresh

Misspelling Variants of "fresh"

fersh5ffresh6frehs5freshh6fressh6frresh6frseh5rfesh5
Misspelling Variants of "fresh"

Frequency rank: #26,013 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fresh"?
"fresh" is spelled F-R-E-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is \fɹɛʃ\.
What does "fresh" mean?
As an adj, "fresh" means: Récent.
What words are commonly confused with "fresh"?
"fresh" is commonly confused with "frs", "Freud", "frise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fresh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fresh" is \fɹɛʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fresh" come from?
"fresh" 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.