friser

\fʁi.ze\

/\fʁi.ze\/ verb

The verdict

“friser” is uncommon French (frequency #62,295 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,295
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre en boucles des cheveux ou des poils.

Corpus desk

Index FR-friser · friser · French

friser · rank #62,295 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,295
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fri

Nearest frequency peer: fri (-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 « friser »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for friser
PropertyValue
Headwordfriser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fʁi.ze\
Letters6
Frequency rank#62,295
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « friser » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.frisertombe 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: « fri » (#62,294), « frison » (#62,296), « Franconville » (#62,293). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « friser » est au #62,295. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

friser is uncommon French at frequency #62,295 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fʁi.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

friser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 friser, spelled F-R-I-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre en boucles des cheveux ou des poils.
  2. 2
    Il se dit aussi en parlant du poil des étoffes.
  3. 3
    Raser, effleurer, ne faire que toucher superficiellement.
  4. 4
    Presque atteindre.
  5. 5
    Doubler, papilloter pour des caractères qui paraissent doublement imprimés sur la feuille, par le défaut de la presse ou par autre cause.
  6. 6
    Se mettre en boucles.
  7. 7
    Être légèrement coquin, en parlant d’un regard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Henri tournait le dos, mais voyait la scène dans une glace, tout en ayant l’air de friser sa moustache avec une pommade que venait de lui donner René.
  2. Friser ses cheveux avec des papillotes.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "friser"?
"friser" is spelled F-R-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁi.ze\.
What does "friser" mean?
As a verb, "friser" means: Mettre en boucles des cheveux ou des poils.
How do you pronounce "friser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "friser" is \fʁi.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list