Frioul
\fʁi.jul\
The verdict
“Frioul” is uncommon French (frequency #55,979 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,979
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Groupe d’îles de la mer Méditerranée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frioul · Frioul · French
Frioul · rank #55,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,979
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH frileuse
Nearest frequency peer: frileuse (-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 « Frioul »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- freinée
freinée
44,025 corpus weight
- Fresnel
Fresnel
44,024 corpus weight
- frileuse
frileuse
44,023 corpus weight
- Frioul
Frioul
44,022 corpus weight
- félicités
félicités
44,021 corpus weight
- fêtard
fêtard
44,020 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Frioul » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Frioul |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \fʁi.jul\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Frioul » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Frioul is uncommon French at frequency #55,979 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \fʁi.jul\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Frioul in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Frioul, spelled F-R-I-O-U-L.
Definition
- 1Groupe d’îles de la mer Méditerranée.
- 2Région historique d’Italie.
- 3Nom court du Frioul-Vénétie julienne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Frioul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jean-Marie Puff, quelques années après, entreprend une nouvelle spéculation sur l'île du Frioul. Il fait de la spongiculture, élevage d'éponges naturelles par bouturage sur cordes, soutenu par Spontex.
Sa stratégie est payante : la Ligue vient de remporter la région du Frioul, jusque-là tenue par la gauche, et de faire une percée dans le Molise, une région du Sud, ainsi que dans la Vallée d’Aoste.
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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