Fresnes
\fʁɛn\
The verdict
“Fresnes” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #37,342 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #37,342
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Côte-d’Or.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fresnes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \fʁɛn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #37,342 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fresnes” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Fresnes is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fʁɛn\. Corpus data places it at rank #37,342 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fresnes, with forms such as "fersnes", "ffresnes", and "frenses". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "frises", "fresques", "frêne", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Fresnes, spelled F-R-E-S-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Côte-d’Or.
- 2Commune française, située dans le département du Loir-et-Cher.
- 3Commune française, située dans le département de l’Yonne.
- 4Commune française, située dans le département du Val-de-Marne.
- 5Prison qui se trouve dans cette commune.
- 6Nom court de Fresnes-en-Tardenois, commune française située dans le département de l’Aisne.
- 7Nom court, et ancien nom officiel, de Fresnes-sous-Coucy, commune française située dans le département de l’Aisne.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fersnes,ffresnes,frenses,fresens,fresness,fresnnes,fresnse,fressnes,frresnes,frsenes,rfesnes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fresnes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Fresnes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-R-E-S-N-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fʁɛn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “frises” - see the side-by-side comparison. Fresnes vs frises
- 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.