fricatrice
\fʁi.ka.tʁis\
The verdict
“fricatrice” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lesbienne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fricatrice · fricatrice · French
fricatrice · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fricatrice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁi.ka.tʁis\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fricatrice » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fricatrice is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁi.ka.tʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lesbienne.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fricatrice, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fricatrice, spelled F-R-I-C-A-T-R-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Lesbienne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fricatrice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En outre, la « fricatrice » avait pour atout d’assumer un rôle d’homme, ce qui était valorisant, alors que l’homosexuel passif s’abaissait au niveau de la femme.
Toute femme suspectée d’avoir des rapports avec une autre femme était considérée comme une tribade, comme une fricatrice, car elle usurpait à l’homme le rôle qui procédait du frottement.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.