fringue
\fʁɛ̃ɡ\
The verdict
“fringue” is uncommon French (frequency #67,534 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,534
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Habit ; vêtement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fringue · fringue · French
fringue · rank #67,534 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,534
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH Freund
Nearest frequency peer: Freund (-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 « fringue »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fratricides
fratricides
32,473 corpus weight
- Freund
Freund
32,468 corpus weight
- fringue
fringue
32,467 corpus weight
- Funchal
Funchal
32,466 corpus weight
- galeux
galeux
32,463 corpus weight
- galleries
galleries
32,462 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fringue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fringue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁɛ̃ɡ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,534 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fringue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fringue is uncommon French at frequency #67,534 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁɛ̃ɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Habit ; vêtement.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fringue, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fringue, spelled F-R-I-N-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Habit ; vêtement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fringue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Même pas eu le temps de me payer une paire de tatanes en daim comme j’avais envie. J’étais sapé de mes anciennes fringues, ma garde-robe d’avant la taule... les frocs se faisaient plus si fuseaux...
[…], « l’Occident c’est aujourd’hui […] une jeune fille qui cherche son bonheur parmi les fringues, les mecs et les crèmes hydratantes ».
Synonyms
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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