froisser

/\fʁwa.se\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,449

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

froisser is aFrenchverb. It means: Frotter fortement, meurtrir par une pression violente. Pronounced \fʁwa.se\. Often confused with frousse and fraisse.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of froisser in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for froisser is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fʁwa.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #27,449 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for froisser, with forms such as "ffroisser", "forisser", and "friosser". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "frousse", "fraisse", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is froisser, spelled F-R-O-I-S-S-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffroisser,forisser,friosser,froiser,froisesr,froisserr,froissre,frosiser,frroisser,rfoisser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for froisser

Misspelling Variants of "froisser"

ffroisser9forisser8friosser8froiser7froisesr8froisserr9froissre8frosiser8
Misspelling Variants of "froisser"

Frequency rank: #27,449 in French

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.