fritz

\fʁits\

/\fʁits\/ adj

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The verdict

“fritz” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,490. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,490
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux Allemands et en particulier aux soldats allemands.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fritz · fritz · French

fritz · rank #18,490 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,490
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH frisson

Nearest frequency peer: frisson (-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 « fritz »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fritz » 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).

fritz vs fuit
60% similar
fritz vs fuite
60% similar
fritz vs fruit
60% similar

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

Key facts for fritz
PropertyValue
Headwordfritz
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fʁits\
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,490
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fritz »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fritzse 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 « frisson » (#18,489), « fronde » (#18,491), « forges » (#18,488). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fritz » est au #18,490. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around fritz (IPA \fʁits\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,490 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif aux Allemands et en particulier aux soldats allemands.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fritz, with forms such as "ffritz", "firtz", and "frittz". 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, "fuit", "fuite", "fruit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fritz, spelled F-R-I-T-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux Allemands et en particulier aux soldats allemands.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La mort dans l’âme, il s’est vu contraint d’abandonner à la sentinelle fritz, qui éteindra derrière lui, une nouvelle parcelle de son autorité.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffritz
  • firtz
  • frittz
  • fritzz
  • frizt
  • frritz
  • frtiz
  • rfitz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffritz1firtz2frittz1fritzz1frizt2frritz1frtiz2rfitz2
Edit distance from "fritz"

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 "fritz"?
"fritz" is spelled F-R-I-T-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁits\.
What does "fritz" mean?
As an adjective, "fritz" means: Relatif aux Allemands et en particulier aux soldats allemands.
What words are commonly confused with "fritz"?
"fritz" is commonly confused with "fuit", "fuite", "fruit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fritz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fritz" is \fʁits\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fritz" come from?
"fritz" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

imite#18,506earth#18,470laide#18,520cover#18,452

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

guidée8 variantscoudre8 variantsMuriel8 variantsnoyaux8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list