Freya
\fʁe.ja\
The verdict
“Freya” is uncommon French (frequency #50,843 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,843
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-freya · Freya · French
Freya · rank #50,843 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,843
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH Francofolies
Nearest frequency peer: Francofolies (-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 « Freya »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Fragonard
Fragonard
49,161 corpus weight
- Francofolies
Francofolies
49,159 corpus weight
- Freya
Freya
49,158 corpus weight
- frigos
frigos
49,157 corpus weight
- fruitier
fruitier
49,156 corpus weight
- frustrante
frustrante
49,155 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Freya » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Freya |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \fʁe.ja\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,843 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Freya » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Freya is uncommon French at frequency #50,843 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \fʁe.ja\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Freya in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Freya, spelled F-R-E-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Freya appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La Néerlandaise Marrit Steenbergen (53 sec 24) a remporté son premier titre européen en individuel, devant Bonnet (53.62) et la Britannique Freya Anderson (53.63).
Sur le papier, c’est bien parti tant Freya Skye, 13 ans, fait figure de grande favorite, avec son énergique Lose My Head.
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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