frôlant
\fʁo.lɑ̃\
The verdict
“frôlant” is uncommon French (frequency #51,484 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,484
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participe présent de frôler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frolant · frôlant · French
frôlant · rank #51,484 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,484
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 137,178
- PHOTO-FINISH froisse
Nearest frequency peer: froisse (-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 “frôlant”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- foxy
foxy
48,521 corpus weight
- fragrance
fragrance
48,520 corpus weight
- frissonne
frissonne
48,519 corpus weight
- froisse
froisse
48,518 corpus weight
- frôlant
frôlant
48,517 corpus weight
- fumaient
fumaient
48,516 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “frôlant” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frôlant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fʁo.lɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “frôlant” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
frôlant is uncommon French at frequency #51,484 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fʁo.lɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de frôler.".
Zero misspellings are on record for frôlant in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is frôlant, spelled F-R-Ô-L-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de frôler.
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 May 6, 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 "frôlant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.