frissonner

\fʁi.sɔ.ne\

/\fʁi.sɔ.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“frissonner” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,309. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,309
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir le frisson, un tremblement causé par le froid ou la fièvre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frissonner · frissonner · French

frissonner · rank #39,309 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,309
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH friches

Nearest frequency peer: friches (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « frissonner »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « frissonner » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for frissonner
PropertyValue
Headwordfrissonner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fʁi.sɔ.ne\
Letters10
Frequency rank#39,309
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frissonner »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.frissonnerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « friches » (#39,308), « fuseaux » (#39,310), « frelon » (#39,307). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frissonner » est au #39,309. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around frissonner (IPA \fʁi.sɔ.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,309 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for frissonner, with forms such as "ffrissonner", "firssonner", and "frisonner". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 frissonner, spelled F-R-I-S-S-O-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir le frisson, un tremblement causé par le froid ou la fièvre.
  2. 2
    Frémir soudainement à la suite d’une émotion très vive.
  3. 3
    Trembler, frémir, en parlant des objets.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce matin-là, dans le petit jour d’un hiver pluvieux, cinglé d’une bise aigre, à Chartres, Durtal, frissonnant, mal à l’aise, quitta la terrasse, se réfugia dans des allées mieux abritées.
  2. Plus loin, une mère frissonnant de fièvre sur sa couche, des bébés hurlant et des puanteurs cruelles, des échos excrémentitiels, imposant sur tout cela leur dictature.

This word in other languages

quiver(English)temblar(Español)zittern(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffrissonner
  • firssonner
  • frisonner
  • frisosnner
  • frissnoner
  • frissonenr
  • frissoner
  • frissonnerr
  • frissonnre
  • frrissonner
  • frsisonner
  • rfissonner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frissonner - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ffrissonner1firssonner2frisonner1frisosnner2frissnoner2frissonenr2frissoner1frissonnerr1
Edit distance from "frissonner"

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 "frissonner"?
"frissonner" is spelled F-R-I-S-S-O-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁi.sɔ.ne\.
What does "frissonner" mean?
As a verb, "frissonner" means: Avoir le frisson, un tremblement causé par le froid ou la fièvre.
What are common misspellings of "frissonner"?
Common misspellings include "ffrissonner", "firssonner", "frisonner", "frisosnner", "frissnoner". The correct spelling is "frissonner".
How do you pronounce "frissonner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frissonner" is \fʁi.sɔ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frissonner" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

frasques12 variantsgrossiste12 variantsHathaway12 variantsexaltant12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list