frimas

\fʁi.ma\

/\fʁi.ma\/ noun

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The verdict

“frimas” is uncommon French (frequency #71,534 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,534
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brouillard froid et épais qui se congèle ; givre ; grésil.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frimas · frimas · French

frimas · rank #71,534 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,534
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fresnoy

Nearest frequency peer: Fresnoy (-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 « frimas »

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 « frimas » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for frimas
PropertyValue
Headwordfrimas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁi.ma\
Letters6
Frequency rank#71,534
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « frimas » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).frimastombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Fresnoy » (#71,533), « fugaces » (#71,535), « fulmine » (#71,536). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frimas » est au #71,534. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

frimas is uncommon French at frequency #71,534 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁi.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for frimas, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is frimas, spelled F-R-I-M-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Brouillard froid et épais qui se congèle ; givre ; grésil.
  2. 2
    Gelée ; neige ; toutes les rigueurs de l’hiver.
  3. 3
    Coiffure poudrée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La nuit n'était pas brouillardeuse, mais terne, humide sans pluie, froide sans frimas, une vraie nuit française de janvier.
  2. Finis les feux de la veille et les longues parlottes des jours de neige et de frimas , des jours de prison et d'ennui : les pissenlits pointaient; […].

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 "frimas"?
"frimas" is spelled F-R-I-M-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁi.ma\.
What does "frimas" mean?
As a noun, "frimas" means: Brouillard froid et épais qui se congèle ; givre ; grésil.
How do you pronounce "frimas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frimas" is \fʁi.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frimas" come from?
"frimas" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Furnes#71,537fêlure#71,539gallas#71,541gentes#71,547

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list