froides

\fʁwad\

/\fʁwad\/ adj

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The verdict

“froides” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,775. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,775
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de froid.

Corpus desk

Index FR-froides · froides · French

froides · rank #11,775 · 10 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,775
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fatal

Nearest frequency peer: fatal (-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 « froides »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « froides » 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).

froides vs froids
86% similar
froides vs fronde
71% similar
froides vs froideur
75% similar

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

Key facts for froides
PropertyValue
Headwordfroides
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fʁwad\
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,775
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « froides »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).froidesse 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 « fatal » (#11,774), « fumeurs » (#11,776), « familiaux » (#11,773). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « froides » est au #11,775. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around froides (IPA \fʁwad\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,775 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de froid.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for froides, with forms such as "ffroides", "forides", and "friodes". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "froids", "fronde", "froideur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is froides, spelled F-R-O-I-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de froid.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les terres en général sont froides et compactes ; les eaux pluviales s’y infiltrent lentement et les rendent fort humides pendant l’hiver et le printemps ; on les désigne, dans le pays, sous le nom de gruette et de bournais.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffroides
  • forides
  • friodes
  • frodies
  • froiddes
  • froidess
  • froidse
  • froieds
  • frroides
  • rfoides

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of froides - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ffroides1forides2friodes2frodies2froiddes1froidess1froidse2froieds2
Edit distance from "froides"

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 "froides"?
"froides" is spelled F-R-O-I-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁwad\.
What does "froides" mean?
As an adjective, "froides" means: Féminin pluriel de froid.
What words are commonly confused with "froides"?
"froides" is commonly confused with "froids", "fronde", "froideur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "froides"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "froides" is \fʁwad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "froides" come from?
"froides" 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 "froides", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

fumeurs#11,776envahir#11,762droites#11,755croyons#11,750

Similar misspelling depth

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

mercato10 variantsmontés10 variantsmythes10 variantscartier10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list