fresque

/\fʁɛsk\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,388

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

fresque is aFrenchnoun. It means: Manière de peindre avec des couleurs détrempées dans l’eau sur un mur, une surface de maçonnerie spécialement préparée à cet effet. Pronounced \fʁɛsk\. Often confused with fresques and flasque.

Key facts for fresque
PropertyValue
Headwordfresque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁɛsk\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,388
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for fresque is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fʁɛsk\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,388 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for fresque, with forms such as "fersque", "ffresque", and "freqsue". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "fresques", "flasque", "Franque", 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 fresque, spelled F-R-E-S-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manière de peindre avec des couleurs détrempées dans l’eau sur un mur, une surface de maçonnerie spécialement préparée à cet effet.
  2. 2
    Toute peinture exécutée par ce procédé.
  3. 3
    Suite d'œuvres consacrées à un même sujet.
  4. 4
    Se dit d’une composition d’ensemble, présentant le tableau d’une époque, d’une société.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fersque,ffresque,freqsue,fresqeu,fresqque,fressque,fresuqe,frresque,frseque,rfesque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fresque

Misspelling Variants of "fresque"

fersque7ffresque8freqsue7fresqeu7fresqque8fressque8fresuqe7frresque8
Misspelling Variants of "fresque"

Frequency rank: #15,388 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fresque"?
"fresque" is spelled F-R-E-S-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁɛsk\.
What does "fresque" mean?
As a noun, "fresque" means: Manière de peindre avec des couleurs détrempées dans l’eau sur un mur, une surface de maçonnerie spécialement préparée à cet effet.
What words are commonly confused with "fresque"?
"fresque" is commonly confused with "fresques", "flasque", "Franque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fresque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fresque" is \fʁɛsk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fresque" come from?
"fresque" 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.