fris

\fʁi\

/\fʁi\/ verb

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The verdict

“fris” is uncommon French (frequency #92,757 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,757
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de frire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fris · fris · French

fris · rank #92,757 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,757
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH frisent

Nearest frequency peer: frisent (+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 « fris »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fris
PropertyValue
Headwordfris
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fʁi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#92,757
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fris » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fristombe 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: « frisent » (#92,758), « freeway » (#92,755), « frc » (#92,754). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fris » est au #92,757. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fris is uncommon French at frequency #92,757 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for fris in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is fris, spelled F-R-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de frire.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de frire.
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de frire.
  4. 4
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de frire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les gens ci me payent combien pour que je fris le reste de frites surgelées là...?
  2. Dans cmb de temps tu penses ? Le temps que je fris tout ça

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 "fris"?
"fris" is spelled F-R-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁi\.
What does "fris" mean?
As a verb, "fris" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de frire.
How do you pronounce "fris"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fris" is \fʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fris" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fris", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

flak#92,735glop#92,786faya#92,726fase#92,724

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list