frise

/\fʁiz\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,430

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

frise is aFrenchnoun. It means: Partie de l’entablement qui est entre l’architrave et la corniche. Pronounced \fʁiz\. Often confused with frs and fuis.

Key facts for frise
PropertyValue
Headwordfrise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁiz\
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,430
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of frise in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for frise is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fʁiz\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,430 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for frise, with forms such as "ffrise", "firse", and "frisse". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "frs", "fuis", "frit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is frise, spelled F-R-I-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie de l’entablement qui est entre l’architrave et la corniche.
  2. 2
    Partie de l’entablement qui est entre l’architrave et la corniche.
  3. 3
    Partie de l’entablement qui est entre l’architrave et la corniche.
  4. 4
    Traverse du haut de la caisse d’une voiture au-dessus de la portière.
  5. 5
    Panneau long, rempli de divers ornements, qui se met à hauteur d’appui aux ouvrages de fer, tels que les rampes d’escaliers, les travées de barreaux, etc.
  6. 6
    Pièce de bois plate en sculpture, qui règne sous la face de l’éperon.
  7. 7
    Bandes de toile peinte, placées au cintre d’un théâtre pour figurer un ciel ou un plafond et aussi de la partie supérieure de la scène.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffrise,firse,frisse,frrise,frsie,rfise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for frise

Misspelling Variants of "frise"

ffrise6firse5frisse6frrise6frsie5rfise5
Misspelling Variants of "frise"

Frequency rank: #17,430 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "frise"?
"frise" is spelled F-R-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁiz\.
What does "frise" mean?
As a noun, "frise" means: Partie de l’entablement qui est entre l’architrave et la corniche.
What words are commonly confused with "frise"?
"frise" is commonly confused with "frs", "fuis", "frit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frise" is \fʁiz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frise" come from?
"frise" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.