froidure

\fʁwa.dyʁ\

/\fʁwa.dyʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“froidure” is uncommon French (frequency #88,649 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,649
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Température basse de l'atmosphère. Manifestation(s) particulière(s) de cette température.

Corpus desk

Index FR-froidure · froidure · French

froidure · rank #88,649 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,649
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH friant

Nearest frequency peer: friant (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « froidure »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « froidure » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for froidure
PropertyValue
Headwordfroidure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁwa.dyʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#88,649
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « froidure » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).froiduretombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « friant » (#88,648), « frondeuse » (#88,650), « fraudent » (#88,647). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « froidure » est au #88,649. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

froidure is uncommon French at frequency #88,649 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁwa.dyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for froidure, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is froidure, spelled F-R-O-I-D-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Température basse de l'atmosphère. Manifestation(s) particulière(s) de cette température.
  2. 2
    L’hiver.
  3. 3
    Lésion de la peau due au froid.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Leur pelage était encore roux en dessus, et d'un gris jaunâtre en dessous.[…]. Il fallait attendre et les laisser «mûrir», […], c'est-à-dire blanchir sous la froidure de l'hiver.
  2. Ma maison abandonnée s’est engourdie dans la froidure.

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 "froidure"?
"froidure" is spelled F-R-O-I-D-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁwa.dyʁ\.
What does "froidure" mean?
As a noun, "froidure" means: Température basse de l'atmosphère. Manifestation(s) particulière(s) de cette température.
How do you pronounce "froidure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "froidure" is \fʁwa.dyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "froidure" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list