fribourgeois

\fʁi.buʁ.ʒwa\

/\fʁi.buʁ.ʒwa\/ adj

The verdict

“fribourgeois” is uncommon French (frequency #66,748 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,748
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la ville de Fribourg ou la ville de Fribourg-en-Brisgau, ou aux Fribourgeois.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fribourgeois · fribourgeois · French

fribourgeois · rank #66,748 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,748
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fracturer

Nearest frequency peer: fracturer (-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 « fribourgeois »

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 « fribourgeois » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fribourgeois
PropertyValue
Headwordfribourgeois
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fʁi.buʁ.ʒwa\
Letters12
Frequency rank#66,748
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fribourgeois » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fribourgeoistombe 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: « fracturer » (#66,747), « fully » (#66,749), « fractal » (#66,746). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fribourgeois » est au #66,748. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fribourgeois is uncommon French at frequency #66,748 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fʁi.buʁ.ʒwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à la ville de Fribourg ou la ville de Fribourg-en-Brisgau, ou aux Fribourgeois.".

No misspelling variants are generated for fribourgeois in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fribourgeois, spelled F-R-I-B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à la ville de Fribourg ou la ville de Fribourg-en-Brisgau, ou aux Fribourgeois.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Comme on dit chez nous, le public fut «déçu en bien». Sauf peut-être le critique musical dépêché sur place par «La Liberté», le quotidien fribourgeois, et qui titra le lendemain sur cinq colonnes: «Pitié Seigneur, ils ne savent pas ce qu'ils font!»
  2. Et on découvre aujourd'hui qu'une étude a été «schubladisée» par le Conseil d'Etat depuis 2015 tout simplement parce qu’elle démontre à l’évidence que c’est toute la fonction publique et parapublique fribourgeoise (ça fait beaucoup d’électeurs) qui bénéficie de conditions salariales privilégiées si on les compare aux statistiques officielles qui année apr…

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 "fribourgeois"?
"fribourgeois" is spelled F-R-I-B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁi.buʁ.ʒwa\.
What does "fribourgeois" mean?
As an adjective, "fribourgeois" means: Relatif à la ville de Fribourg ou la ville de Fribourg-en-Brisgau, ou aux Fribourgeois.
How do you pronounce "fribourgeois"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fribourgeois" is \fʁi.buʁ.ʒwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list