friche

\fʁiʃ\

/\fʁiʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“friche” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,735. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,735
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Terrain inculte, soit qu’on ne l’ait jamais cultivé, soit que la culture en ait été interrompue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-friche · friche · French

friche · rank #26,735 · 9 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,735
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fratrie

Nearest frequency peer: fratrie (-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 « friche »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « friche » 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).

friche vs frise
67% similar
friche vs frite
67% similar
friche vs frire
67% similar

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

Key facts for friche
PropertyValue
Headwordfriche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁiʃ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#26,735
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « friche »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).frichese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fratrie » (#26,734), « friendly » (#26,736), « frappées » (#26,733). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « friche » est au #26,735. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around friche (IPA \fʁiʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,735 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for friche, with forms such as "ffriche", "firche", and "frcihe". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "frise", "frite", "frire", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is friche, spelled F-R-I-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Terrain inculte, soit qu’on ne l’ait jamais cultivé, soit que la culture en ait été interrompue.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des plantes qui poussent sur ce terrain.
  3. 3
    Terrain auparavant consacré à des activités qui ont cessé, sur lequel subsistent des bâtiments ou des ruines liés à ces activités passées, et qui n’a pas trouvé une nouvelle utilisation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a trois ans qu’il n’a fait travailler à sa vigne, et ce n’est plus qu’une friche.
  2. Par exemple, c'est dans les lieux de friches et d'abandon, “le tier paysage”, que se réfugient les auxiliaires du jardinier – plantes, animaux, insectes – qui assureront le futur de notre planète.,

This word in other languages

fallow(English)barbecho(Español)Brache(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffriche
  • firche
  • frcihe
  • fricche
  • friceh
  • frichhe
  • frihce
  • frriche
  • rfiche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of friche - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ffriche1firche2frcihe2fricche1friceh2frichhe1frihce2frriche1
Edit distance from "friche"

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 "friche"?
"friche" is spelled F-R-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁiʃ\.
What does "friche" mean?
As a noun, "friche" means: Terrain inculte, soit qu’on ne l’ait jamais cultivé, soit que la culture en ait été interrompue.
What words are commonly confused with "friche"?
"friche" is commonly confused with "frise", "frite", "frire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "friche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "friche" is \fʁiʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "friche" come from?
"friche" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fouine#26,730gaules#26,742gourde#26,747idylle#26,753

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

fourier9 variantshameaux9 variantsdepend9 variantscouillon9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list