frimer

\fʁi.me\

/\fʁi.me\/ verb

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The verdict

“frimer” is uncommon French (frequency #60,804 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,804
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prendre un air assuré, confiant, pour faire impression, bluffer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frimer · frimer · French

frimer · rank #60,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,804
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fréchette

Nearest frequency peer: Fréchette (+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 « frimer »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for frimer
PropertyValue
Headwordfrimer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fʁi.me\
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,804
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « frimer » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.frimertombe 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: « Fréchette » (#60,805), « fourrier » (#60,802), « fumette » (#60,806). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frimer » est au #60,804. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

frimer is uncommon French at frequency #60,804 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fʁi.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for frimer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 frimer, spelled F-R-I-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prendre un air assuré, confiant, pour faire impression, bluffer.
  2. 2
    Faire l’important ; vouloir épater la galerie.
  3. 3
    Regarder, dévisager.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’ai frimé toute la partie mais ça n’a pas suffi ; c’est Jean qui a gagné.
  2. Je veux le frimer avec ma fourchette, mais c'est pour me rendre compte que j'ai oublié cette dernière sur le guéridon de la coquerie de mon logement de fonction.

Synonyms

épaterbêcherblouserblufferbonimentercabotinercrânerfaire de l'esbroufefaire du chiquéfaire le barbotfaire le beaufaire le malinfaire l'importantfaire l'intéressantfanfaronnergoberhâblerjeter de la poudre aux yeuxla ramenerne pas se prendre pour de la merdeparaderpéter de la brouepéter plus haut que le troupéter plus haut que son culplastronnerse faire mousserse la donnerse la jouerse la péterse la raconterse la ramenerse péter les bretellesse prendre pour un autrese vanter

This word in other languages

brag(English)vacilar(Español)angeben(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 "frimer"?
"frimer" is spelled F-R-I-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁi.me\.
What does "frimer" mean?
As a verb, "frimer" means: Prendre un air assuré, confiant, pour faire impression, bluffer.
How do you pronounce "frimer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frimer" is \fʁi.me\. 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 "frimer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list