fresne
The verdict
“fresne” is uncommon French (frequency #69,102 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,102
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frêne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fresne · fresne · French
fresne · rank #69,102 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,102
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH freinant
Nearest frequency peer: freinant (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « fresne »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fléchit
fléchit
30,903 corpus weight
- frames
frames
30,902 corpus weight
- freinant
freinant
30,900 corpus weight
- fresne
fresne
30,899 corpus weight
- fru
fru
30,898 corpus weight
- fructificat…
fructification
30,897 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fresne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fresne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fresne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fresne is uncommon French at frequency #69,102 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frêne.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for fresne in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 fresne, spelled F-R-E-S-N-E.
Definition
- 1Frêne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fresne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le fresne (titre d’un lai de Marie de France).
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.
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