frigo

\fʁi.ɡo\

/\fʁi.ɡo\/ noun

The verdict

“frigo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,703. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,703
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-frigo · frigo · French

frigo · rank #6,703 · 7 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,703
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fondamentaux

Nearest frequency peer: fondamentaux (-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 « frigo »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « frigo » 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).

frigo vs frit
60% similar
frigo vs frog
60% similar
frigo vs frise
60% similar

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

Key facts for frigo
PropertyValue
Headwordfrigo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁi.ɡo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,703
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frigo »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).frigose 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 « fondamentaux » (#6,702), « gardiens » (#6,704), « fa » (#6,701). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frigo » est au #6,703. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around frigo (IPA \fʁi.ɡo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,703 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for frigo, with forms such as "ffrigo", "firgo", and "frgio". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "frit", "frog", "frise", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is frigo, spelled F-R-I-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entrepôt frigorifique.
  2. 2
    Armoire réfrigérante.
  3. 3
    Réfrigérateur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une conservation prolongée exigera la congélation, qui s’opère à des températures allant jusqu’à -12 °. C’est une opération qui ne pourra se faire qu’au frigo même.
  2. […] que la température de l’atmosphère du frigo ne tombe pas au-dessous de 0° pour ne pas provoquer la formation de glace sur l’épiderme ou dans l’épiderme du fruit. La sortie du frigo est une opération beaucoup plus délicate […]

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffrigo
  • firgo
  • frgio
  • friggo
  • friog
  • frrigo
  • rfigo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffrigo1firgo2frgio2friggo1friog2frrigo1rfigo2
Edit distance from "frigo"

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 "frigo"?
"frigo" is spelled F-R-I-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁi.ɡo\.
What does "frigo" mean?
As a noun, "frigo" means: Entrepôt frigorifique.
What words are commonly confused with "frigo"?
"frigo" is commonly confused with "frit", "frog", "frise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frigo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frigo" is \fʁi.ɡo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frigo" come from?
"frigo" 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 "frigo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list