Freund
The verdict
“Freund” is uncommon French (frequency #67,533 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,533
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille allemand.
Corpus desk
Index FR-freund · Freund · French
Freund · rank #67,533 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,533
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fringue
Nearest frequency peer: fringue (+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 « Freund »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- frappantes
frappantes
32,474 corpus weight
- fratricides
fratricides
32,473 corpus weight
- Freund
Freund
32,468 corpus weight
- fringue
fringue
32,467 corpus weight
- Funchal
Funchal
32,466 corpus weight
- galeux
galeux
32,463 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Freund » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Freund |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,533 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Freund » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Freund is uncommon French at frequency #67,533 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille allemand.".
Freund doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Freund, spelled F-R-E-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille allemand.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Freund appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« J’ai été impressionné par la manière dont il a rassemblé les accusations contre Viktor Orban sous forme d’un texte de rap », a confié l’eurodéputé allemand Daniel Freund, au sujet de l’outil d'intelligence artificielle auquel il a fait appel pour avoir un avis sur le controversé Premier ministre hongrois.
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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