fribourg

\fʁi.buʁ\

/\fʁi.buʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“fribourg” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,629
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné au gruyère suisse, caractérisé par le fait qu’il n’a pas de trous, contrairement au gruyère produit en France.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fribourg · fribourg · French

fribourg · rank #16,629 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,629
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH frappent

Nearest frequency peer: frappent (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « fribourg »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fribourg » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fribourg vs faubourg
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fribourg
PropertyValue
Headwordfribourg
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁi.buʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,629
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fribourg »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fribourgse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « frappent » (#16,628), « galette » (#16,630), « forçant » (#16,627). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fribourg » est au #16,629. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around fribourg (IPA \fʁi.buʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,629 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom donné au gruyère suisse, caractérisé par le fait qu’il n’a pas de trous, contrairement au gruyère produit en France.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for fribourg, with forms such as "ffribourg", "firbourg", and "frbiourg". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "faubourg", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fribourg, spelled F-R-I-B-O-U-R-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom donné au gruyère suisse, caractérisé par le fait qu’il n’a pas de trous, contrairement au gruyère produit en France.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fribourg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les professionnels ont ainsi l’habitude de dire que le comté et le beaufort, produits en France, mais aussi le fribourg et l’appenzeller, produits en Suisse, sont des « gruyères ». Par déformation, on s’est mis à appeler gruyère tout fromage un peu dur avec des trous.
  2. Pour vos pâtes, remplacez le gruyère râpé par du beaufort, du fribourg, de l’appenzell, de la mimolette ou encore de la tomme.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffribourg
  • firbourg
  • frbiourg
  • fribbourg
  • friborug
  • fribougr
  • fribourgg
  • fribourrg
  • fribuorg
  • frioburg
  • frribourg
  • rfibourg

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fribourg - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffribourg1firbourg2frbiourg2fribbourg1friborug2fribougr2fribourgg1fribourrg1
Edit distance from "fribourg"

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 "fribourg"?
"fribourg" is spelled F-R-I-B-O-U-R-G. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁi.buʁ\.
What does "fribourg" mean?
As a noun, "fribourg" means: Nom donné au gruyère suisse, caractérisé par le fait qu’il n’a pas de trous, contrairement au gruyère produit en France.
What words are commonly confused with "fribourg"?
"fribourg" is commonly confused with "faubourg". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fribourg"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fribourg" is \fʁi.buʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fribourg" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

frappent#16,628Guingamp#16,635héberger#16,644envoyait#16,611

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

imaginais12 variantsinvitant12 variantsdinosaure12 variantslaisserait12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list