froid
\fʁwa\
The verdict
“froid” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,264. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,264
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui nous donne la sensation d’une température notablement inférieure à la nôtre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-froid · froid · French
froid · rank #1,264 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,264
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fil
Nearest frequency peer: fil (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “froid”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- facilement
facilement
98,740 corpus weight
- fer
fer
98,739 corpus weight
- fil
fil
98,738 corpus weight
- froid
froid
98,737 corpus weight
- frères
frères
98,736 corpus weight
- futur
futur
98,735 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “froid” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around froid (IPA \fʁwa\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,264 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how froid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La nuit n’était pas brouillardeuse, mais terne, humide sans pluie, froide sans frimas, une vraie nuit française de janvier.
La nuit est froide. Je me réchauffe en arpentant le pont à grands pas pendant une demi-heure.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "froid", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "froid" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "from". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,264 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
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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.