friend

\fɹɛnd\

/\fɹɛnd\/ noun

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The verdict

“friend” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,840. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,840
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ami, amie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-friend · friend · French

friend · rank #19,840 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,840
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH gammes

Nearest frequency peer: gammes (+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 « friend »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « friend » 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).

friend vs Fries
50% similar
friend vs fuient
67% similar
friend vs friends
86% similar

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

Key facts for friend
PropertyValue
Headwordfriend
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɹɛnd\
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,840
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « friend »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).friendse 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 « gammes » (#19,841), « flop » (#19,838), « gardons » (#19,842). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « friend » est au #19,840. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around friend (IPA \fɹɛnd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,840 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 friend, with forms such as "ffriend", "firend", and "freind". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Fries", "fuient", "friends", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is friend, spelled F-R-I-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ami, amie.
  2. 2
    Petit ami, copain ; petite amie, copine.
  3. 3
    Classe amie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. I have changed my name so often, I’ve lost my wife and children but I have many friends, and some of them are with me.

Antonyms

enemyfoe

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffriend
  • firend
  • freind
  • friedn
  • friendd
  • friennd
  • frined
  • frriend
  • rfiend

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of friend - 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.

ffriend1firend2freind2friedn2friendd1friennd1frined2frriend1
Edit distance from "friend"

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 "friend"?
"friend" is spelled F-R-I-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \fɹɛnd\.
What does "friend" mean?
As a noun, "friend" means: Ami, amie.
What words are commonly confused with "friend"?
"friend" is commonly confused with "Fries", "fuient", "friends". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "friend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "friend" is \fɹɛnd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "friend" come from?
"friend" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

gammes#19,841feriez#19,836farmer#19,835driver#19,812

Similar misspelling depth

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

gazeuse9 variantshaïtien9 variantsdictée9 variantsdexter9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list