Friedland

name

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The verdict

“Friedland” is uncommon French (frequency #70,660 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,660
frequency rank, French
137,178
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville d’Allemagne, située dans le Brandebourg.

Key facts for Friedland
PropertyValue
HeadwordFriedland
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,660
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Friedland” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Friedland lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Friedland is uncommon French at frequency #70,660 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Friedland, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Friedland, spelled F-R-I-E-D-L-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville d’Allemagne, située dans le Brandebourg.
  2. 2
    Ville d’Allemagne, située dans le Mecklembourg-Poméranie-Occidentale.
  3. 3
    Commune d’Allemagne, située dans la Basse-Saxe.
  4. 4
    Nom allemand de Frýdlant, en Tchéquie.

This word in other languages

Friedland(Deutsch)

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 "Friedland"?
"Friedland" is spelled F-R-I-E-D-L-A-N-D.
What does "Friedland" mean?
As a proper noun, "Friedland" means: Ville d’Allemagne, située dans le Brandebourg.
What language does "Friedland" come from?
"Friedland" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Friedland”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is F-R-I-E-D-L-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list