Fresnes

\fʁɛn\

/\fʁɛn\/ name

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The verdict

“Fresnes” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,342. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,342
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Côte-d’Or.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fresnes · Fresnes · French

Fresnes · rank #37,342 · 11 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,342
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH frame

Nearest frequency peer: frame (-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 « Fresnes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Fresnes » 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).

Fresnes vs frises
57% similar
Fresnes vs fresques
63% similar
Fresnes vs frêne
43% similar

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

Key facts for Fresnes
PropertyValue
HeadwordFresnes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\fʁɛn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,342
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Fresnes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Fresnesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « frame » (#37,341), « frontiste » (#37,343), « fondatrices » (#37,340). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « Fresnes » est au #37,342. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Fresnes (IPA \fʁɛn\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #37,342 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Côte-d’Or.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département du Loir-et-Cher.
  3. 3
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Yonne.
  4. 4
    Commune française, située dans le département du Val-de-Marne.
  5. 5
    Prison qui se trouve dans cette commune.
  6. 6
    Nom court de Fresnes-en-Tardenois, commune française située dans le département de l’Aisne.
  7. 7
    Nom court, et ancien nom officiel, de Fresnes-sous-Coucy, commune française située dans le département de l’Aisne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces réactions haineuses ont également attiré l'attention de la maire de Fresnes, Marie Chavanon (Parti socialiste), qui a exprimé sur Facebook son « soutien » aux enfants.
  2. L'premier qui aide à l'évasion, c'est à Fresnes qu'on l'dégote.

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.

fersnes2ffresnes1frenses2fresens2fresness1fresnnes1fresnse2fressnes1
Edit distance from "Fresnes"

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 "Fresnes"?
"Fresnes" is spelled F-R-E-S-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁɛn\.
What does "Fresnes" mean?
As a proper noun, "Fresnes" means: Commune française, située dans le département de la Côte-d’Or.
What words are commonly confused with "Fresnes"?
"Fresnes" is commonly confused with "frises", "fresques", "frêne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Fresnes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fresnes" is \fʁɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fresnes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

florins#37,339fièvres#37,336Giacomo#37,349Hampton#37,357

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

figurera11 variantsgraveurs11 variantsexpédiée11 variantsHartley11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list