friches

\fʁiʃ\

/\fʁiʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“friches” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,308. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,308
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de friche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-friches · friches · French

friches · rank #39,308 · 11 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,308
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH frelon

Nearest frequency peer: frelon (-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 « friches »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « friches » 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).

friches vs Fries
57% similar
friches vs frites
71% similar
friches vs frises
71% similar

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

Key facts for friches
PropertyValue
Headwordfriches
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁiʃ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,308
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « friches »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « frelon » (#39,307), « frissonner » (#39,309), « fraudeur » (#39,306). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « friches » est au #39,308. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around friches (IPA \fʁiʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,308 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de friche.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for friches, with forms such as "ffriches", "firches", and "frcihes". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Fries", "frites", "frises", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is friches, spelled F-R-I-C-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de friche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Plus que le pays de Bade, l’Alsace montre des friches ou de semi-abandons.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffriches
  • firches
  • frcihes
  • fricches
  • fricehs
  • frichess
  • frichhes
  • frichse
  • frihces
  • frriches
  • rfiches

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffriches1firches2frcihes2fricches1fricehs2frichess1frichhes1frichse2
Edit distance from "friches"

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 "friches"?
"friches" is spelled F-R-I-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁiʃ\.
What does "friches" mean?
As a noun, "friches" means: Pluriel de friche.
What words are commonly confused with "friches"?
"friches" is commonly confused with "Fries", "frites", "frises". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "friches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "friches" is \fʁiʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "friches" come from?
"friches" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

fuseaux#39,310gagnais#39,314flowers#39,301ghanéen#39,318

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

fraudeur11 variantsféerique11 variantsgaiement11 variantsgauloises11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list