fromm

\frɔm\

/\frɔm\/ adj

The verdict

“fromm” is uncommon French (frequency #79,336 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,336
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pratiquant, pieux, dévot.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fromm · fromm · French

fromm · rank #79,336 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,336
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fucks

Nearest frequency peer: fucks (+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 « fromm »

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 « fromm » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fromm
PropertyValue
Headwordfromm
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\frɔm\
Letters5
Frequency rank#79,336
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fromm » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.frommtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « fucks » (#79,337), « friqués » (#79,334), « furoncle » (#79,338). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fromm » est au #79,336. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fromm is uncommon French at frequency #79,336 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \frɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fromm, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fromm, spelled F-R-O-M-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pratiquant, pieux, dévot.
  2. 2
    Doux, obéissant, soumis.
  3. 3
    Bon, juste, honnête.
  4. 4
    Brave.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bei den Familientagen pflegte er zu sagen: «Louis ist von uns allen der frommste, Auguste der reichste, ich bin der intelligenteste!» Die Brüder lachten, die Schwägerinnen preßten die Lippen zusammen.
  2. Die Frauenfasnacht in der Unterkirche in Wutöschingen war wieder ein voller Erfolg. Der relativ neue Verein “Fröhlich Fromme Frauen” bot dabei ein sportliches aber natürlich auch sehr amüsantes Programm.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "fromm"?
"fromm" is spelled F-R-O-M-M. The IPA pronunciation is \frɔm\.
What does "fromm" mean?
As an adjective, "fromm" means: Pratiquant, pieux, dévot.
How do you pronounce "fromm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fromm" is \frɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fromm" come from?
"fromm" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list