froid
\fʁwa\
The verdict
“froid” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,264 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #1,264
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui nous donne la sensation d’une température notablement inférieure à la nôtre.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | froid |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fʁwa\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “froid” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for froid is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fʁwa\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,264 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for froid, with forms such as "ffroid", "forid", and "friod". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "from", "front", "fruit", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is froid, spelled F-R-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1Qui nous donne la sensation d’une température notablement inférieure à la nôtre.
- 2Qui est privé de chaleur.
- 3Refroidi.
- 4Qui se déguste froid, en parlant d’un mets ou par métonymie d’un repas.
- 5Qui n’est plus assez chaud, en parlant d’un mets ou par métonymie d’un repas.
- 6Dont le moteur est trop froid pour permettre un démarrage instantané.
- 7Qui est flegmatique, réservé, indifférent, qui ne s’émeut pas ou qui paraît ne pas s’émouvoir.
- 8Se dit de l’air, du ton, des discours, dans un sens analogue à celui qui précède.
- 9Qui n’a rien d’animé, de touchant, d’intéressant, de piquant, en parlant des personnes ou des ouvrages ou des traits d’esprit.
- 10Qui manque de feu, d’âme, d’expression.
- 11Qui manque d’éclat et de vivacité dans les tons, dans les couleurs, dans le coloris.
- 12En parlant d'un cheval de course, qui ne se montre pas fougueux, qui répond peu aux sollicitations de son pilote, qui maintient un bon rythme régulier.
- 13Qui n’est pas en état d’inflammation.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffroid,forid,friod,frodi,froidd,frroid,rfoid
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of froid - 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.
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.
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Using “froid”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-R-O-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fʁwa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “from” - see the side-by-side comparison. froid vs from
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.