fringale
\fʁɛ̃.ɡal\
The verdict
“fringale” is uncommon French (frequency #68,298 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,298
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faim insatiable ; faim canine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fringale · fringale · French
fringale · rank #68,298 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,298
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH frangine
Nearest frequency peer: frangine (-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 « fringale »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fragrances
fragrances
31,706 corpus weight
- franciscaine
franciscaine
31,705 corpus weight
- frangine
frangine
31,704 corpus weight
- fringale
fringale
31,703 corpus weight
- fromagers
fromagers
31,702 corpus weight
- frondes
frondes
31,701 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fringale » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fringale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁɛ̃.ɡal\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,298 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fringale » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fringale is uncommon French at frequency #68,298 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁɛ̃.ɡal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
fringale doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fringale, spelled F-R-I-N-G-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Faim insatiable ; faim canine.
- 2Faim subite, pressante.
- 3Envie ; désir pressant ; boulimie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fringale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette fringale dure environ un an ou, pour mieux dire, jusqu à ce qu'ils soient faits à la nourriture de leurs Compatriotes.
Vu que la fringale me cassait les jambes, je me couchais sous les grosses pierres du Louvre.
This word in other languages
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.
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