froisser

\fʁwa.se\

/\fʁwa.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“froisser” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,449. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,449
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frotter fortement, meurtrir par une pression violente.

Corpus desk

Index FR-froisser · froisser · French

froisser · rank #27,449 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,449
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH frontalière

Nearest frequency peer: frontalière (+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 « froisser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « froisser » 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).

froisser vs frousse
75% similar
froisser vs fraisse
75% similar

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

Key facts for froisser
PropertyValue
Headwordfroisser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fʁwa.se\
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,449
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « froisser »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).froisserse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « frontalière » (#27,450), « frauduleuse » (#27,447), « fréquentations » (#27,451). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « froisser » est au #27,449. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around froisser (IPA \fʁwa.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,449 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for froisser, with forms such as "ffroisser", "forisser", and "friosser". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "frousse", "fraisse", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is froisser, spelled F-R-O-I-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Frotter fortement, meurtrir par une pression violente.
  2. 2
    Comprimer fortement une artère, pour arrêter une hémorragie.
  3. 3
    Exercer une brusque pression contre le fleuret de l’adversaire.
  4. 4
    Chiffonner.
  5. 5
    Fâcher, blesser, heurter, choquer, surtout en parlant d’intérêts, d’opinions, de sentiments, etc.
  6. 6
    Se piquer, se fâcher.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il s’est froissé un nerf.
  2. Je froissai le PV en boule avant de le jeter dans le caniveau.

Synonyms

frâcher

This word in other languages

crease(English)arrugar(Español)zerknittern(Deutsch)amarfanhar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffroisser
  • forisser
  • friosser
  • froiser
  • froisesr
  • froisserr
  • froissre
  • frosiser
  • frroisser
  • rfoisser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffroisser1forisser2friosser2froiser1froisesr2froisserr1froissre2frosiser2
Edit distance from "froisser"

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 "froisser"?
"froisser" is spelled F-R-O-I-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁwa.se\.
What does "froisser" mean?
As a verb, "froisser" means: Frotter fortement, meurtrir par une pression violente.
What words are commonly confused with "froisser"?
"froisser" is commonly confused with "frousse", "fraisse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "froisser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "froisser" is \fʁwa.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "froisser" come from?
"froisser" 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 "froisser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

glissent#27,459hardware#27,465haïssent#27,466Hoffmann#27,469

Similar misspelling depth

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

Enghien10 variantsignores10 variantsimmiscer10 variantsinitiaux10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list