friture

\fʁi.tyʁ\

/\fʁi.tyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“friture” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,048. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,048
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action ou manière de frire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-friture · friture · French

friture · rank #35,048 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,048
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fortifier

Nearest frequency peer: fortifier (-2 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 « friture »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « friture » 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).

friture vs future
71% similar
friture vs frite
71% similar
friture vs frire
71% similar

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

Key facts for friture
PropertyValue
Headwordfriture
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁi.tyʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,048
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « friture »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fortifier » (#35,046), « Froome » (#35,050), « formeront » (#35,045). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « friture » est au #35,048. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around friture (IPA \fʁi.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,048 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for friture, with forms such as "ffriture", "firture", and "fritrue". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "future", "frite", "frire", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is friture, spelled F-R-I-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action ou manière de frire.
  2. 2
    Beurre, huile, saindoux ou graisse qui sert à frire, et qu’on garde ensuite pour le même usage.
  3. 3
    Mets que l’on fait frire.
  4. 4
    Poisson frit.
  5. 5
    Confiserie au chocolat en forme de petit poisson.
  6. 6
    Grésillement importun qu’on entend dans un appareil de télécommunication, provenant d'une défectuosité dans la communication.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Friture au beurre.
  2. Friture à l’huile.

Synonyms

parasites

This word in other languages

frying(English)fritura(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffriture
  • firture
  • fritrue
  • fritture
  • frituer
  • friturre
  • friutre
  • frriture
  • frtiure
  • rfiture

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of friture - 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.

ffriture1firture2fritrue2fritture1frituer2friturre1friutre2frriture1
Edit distance from "friture"

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 "friture"?
"friture" is spelled F-R-I-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁi.tyʁ\.
What does "friture" mean?
As a noun, "friture" means: Action ou manière de frire.
What words are commonly confused with "friture"?
"friture" is commonly confused with "future", "frite", "frire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "friture"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "friture" is \fʁi.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "friture" come from?
"friture" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

formera#35,044Galileo#35,056flamber#35,039Ferrara#35,036

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

grimaud10 variantsHadrien10 variantsemmenant10 variantsemballée10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list