friande

\fʁi.jɑ̃d\

/\fʁi.jɑ̃d\/ adj

The verdict

“friande” is uncommon French (frequency #72,344 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,344
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de friand.

Corpus desk

Index FR-friande · friande · French

friande · rank #72,344 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,344
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fruitières

Nearest frequency peer: fruitières (+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 « friande »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « friande » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for friande
PropertyValue
Headwordfriande
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fʁi.jɑ̃d\
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,344
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « friande » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).friandetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « fruitières » (#72,345), « franciser » (#72,342), « fréquenta » (#72,346). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « friande » est au #72,344. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

friande is uncommon French at frequency #72,344 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fʁi.jɑ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de friand.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for friande in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is friande, spelled F-R-I-A-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de friand.

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 "friande"?
"friande" is spelled F-R-I-A-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁi.jɑ̃d\.
What does "friande" mean?
As an adjective, "friande" means: Féminin singulier de friand.
How do you pronounce "friande"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "friande" is \fʁi.jɑ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "friande" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list