frigidaire

\fʁi.ʒi.dɛʁ\

/\fʁi.ʒi.dɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“frigidaire” is uncommon French (frequency #50,227 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,227
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Par antonomase) Réfrigérateur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frigidaire · frigidaire · French

frigidaire · rank #50,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,227
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH frimaire

Nearest frequency peer: frimaire (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « frigidaire »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « frigidaire » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for frigidaire
PropertyValue
Headwordfrigidaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁi.ʒi.dɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#50,227
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « frigidaire » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).frigidairetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « frimaire » (#50,228), « Fulton » (#50,229), « francophile » (#50,224). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frigidaire » est au #50,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

frigidaire is uncommon French at frequency #50,227 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁi.ʒi.dɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Par antonomase) Réfrigérateur.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for frigidaire, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is frigidaire, spelled F-R-I-G-I-D-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Par antonomase) Réfrigérateur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aujourd’hui, si l’on voit encore des feux de bagasse, des sébis au pétrole, il y a néanmoins l’électricité, et le frigidaire a vaincu le soleil.
  2. […] il revenait vite aux drames du frigidaire détraqué et de l’ascenseur en panne.

Synonyms

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 "frigidaire"?
"frigidaire" is spelled F-R-I-G-I-D-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁi.ʒi.dɛʁ\.
What does "frigidaire" mean?
As a noun, "frigidaire" means: (Par antonomase) Réfrigérateur.
How do you pronounce "frigidaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frigidaire" is \fʁi.ʒi.dɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list