frog

\fɹɒɡ\

/\fɹɒɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“frog” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,890. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,890
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Surnom dont des Canadiens non francophones affublent les Québécois francophones.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frog · frog · French

frog · rank #42,890 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,890
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH frontalement

Nearest frequency peer: frontalement (+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 « frog »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « frog » 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).

frog vs fry
50% similar
frog vs frs
50% similar
frog vs from
75% similar

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

Key facts for frog
PropertyValue
Headwordfrog
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɹɒɡ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#42,890
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frog »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).frogse 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 « frontalement » (#42,891), « fragiliser » (#42,888), « frontispice » (#42,892). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frog » est au #42,890. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around frog (IPA \fɹɒɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,890 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Surnom dont des Canadiens non francophones affublent les Québécois francophones.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for frog, with forms such as "ffrog", "forg", and "frgo". 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, "fry", "frs", "from", 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is frog, spelled F-R-O-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Surnom dont des Canadiens non francophones affublent les Québécois francophones.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il faut respecter les minorités, voyons. Sauf les maudits frogs du Québec.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffrog
  • forg
  • frgo
  • frogg
  • frrog
  • rfog

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffrog1forg2frgo2frogg1frrog1rfog2
Edit distance from "frog"

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 "frog"?
"frog" is spelled F-R-O-G. The IPA pronunciation is \fɹɒɡ\.
What does "frog" mean?
As a noun, "frog" means: Surnom dont des Canadiens non francophones affublent les Québécois francophones.
What words are commonly confused with "frog"?
"frog" is commonly confused with "fry", "frs", "from". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frog"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frog" is \fɹɒɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frog" come from?
"frog" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Gunn#42,915huer#42,925hutu#42,926Ibra#42,931

Similar misspelling depth

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

Giono6 variantsjetter6 variantsDahl6 variantsLyle6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list