frit

\fʁi\

/\fʁi\/ adj

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The verdict

“frit” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,168. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,168
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est cuit dans de l’huile très chaude.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frit · frit · French

frit · rank #30,168 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,168
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH friandises

Nearest frequency peer: friandises (-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 « frit »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « frit » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

frit vs ft
50% similar
frit vs fût
50% similar
frit vs fui
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for frit
PropertyValue
Headwordfrit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fʁi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#30,168
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frit »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fritse 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 « friandises » (#30,167), « fry » (#30,169), « Frans » (#30,166). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frit » est au #30,168. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around frit (IPA \fʁi\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,168 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for frit, with forms such as "ffrit", "firt", and "fritt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ft", "fût", "fui", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is frit, spelled F-R-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est cuit dans de l’huile très chaude.
  2. 2
    Qui est pris, coincé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. « Je suis frite, se dit Juliette. Qu’est-ce que j’ai sur moi… Rien de compromettant, non rien… »

This word in other languages

fried(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffrit
  • firt
  • fritt
  • frrit
  • frti
  • rfit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frit - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffrit1firt2fritt1frrit1frti2rfit2
Edit distance from "frit"

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 "frit"?
"frit" is spelled F-R-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁi\.
What does "frit" mean?
As an adjective, "frit" means: Qui est cuit dans de l’huile très chaude.
What words are commonly confused with "frit"?
"frit" is commonly confused with "ft", "fût", "fui". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frit" is \fʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frit" come from?
"frit" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Gino#30,181dude#30,134hume#30,206dati#30,122

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

giles6 variantsimpie6 variantscures6 variantsJarry6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list