Fresnes

/\fʁɛn\/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,342

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

Fresnes is aFrenchname. It means: Commune française, située dans le département de la Côte-d’Or. Pronounced \fʁɛn\. Often confused with frises and fresques.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Fresnes is 7 letters long, classified as aname, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Fresnes, with forms such as "fersnes", "ffresnes", and "frenses". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "frises", "fresques", "frêne", 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 Fresnes, spelled F-R-E-S-N-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fersnes,ffresnes,frenses,fresens,fresness,fresnnes,fresnse,fressnes,frresnes,frsenes,rfesnes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Fresnes

Misspelling Variants of "Fresnes"

fersnes7ffresnes8frenses7fresens7fresness8fresnnes8fresnse7fressnes8
Misspelling Variants of "Fresnes"

Frequency rank: #37,342 in French

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 name, "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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.