fringe

noun

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The verdict

“fringe” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,776. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,776
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-fringe · fringe · French

fringe · rank #46,776 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,776
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fratricide

Nearest frequency peer: fratricide (-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 « fringe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fringe » 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).

fringe vs frise
67% similar
fringe vs frite
67% similar
fringe vs frire
67% similar

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

Key facts for fringe
PropertyValue
Headwordfringe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,776
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fringe »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fringese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fratricide » (#46,775), « frises » (#46,777), « fuse » (#46,778). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fringe » est au #46,776. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around fringe, anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,776 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Frange.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fringe, with forms such as "ffringe", "firnge", and "frigne". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "frise", "frite", "frire", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fringe, spelled F-R-I-N-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Frange.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Uns noirs enfezons [petit enfant] lo traoit [un moine] fors par la fringe de son vestiment.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffringe
  • firnge
  • frigne
  • frineg
  • fringge
  • frinnge
  • frnige
  • frringe
  • rfinge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fringe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ffringe1firnge2frigne2frineg2fringge1frinnge1frnige2frringe1
Edit distance from "fringe"

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 "fringe"?
"fringe" is spelled F-R-I-N-G-E.
What does "fringe" mean?
As a noun, "fringe" means: Frange.
What words are commonly confused with "fringe"?
"fringe" is commonly confused with "frise", "frite", "frire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "fringe" come from?
"fringe" 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 "fringe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

frises#46,777fécule#46,779gallon#46,783Farida#46,751

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

fouettée9 variantsemmerdé9 variantsineptie9 variantsJoaquim9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list