frotta
\fʁɔ.ta\
The verdict
“frotta” is uncommon French (frequency #73,180 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,180
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de frotter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frotta · frotta · French
frotta · rank #73,180 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,180
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH Fresnay
Nearest frequency peer: Fresnay (-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 « frotta »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- frappier
frappier
26,824 corpus weight
- fredonne
fredonne
26,823 corpus weight
- Fresnay
Fresnay
26,822 corpus weight
- frotta
frotta
26,821 corpus weight
- fuguer
fuguer
26,819 corpus weight
- galopin
galopin
26,817 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « frotta » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frotta |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fʁɔ.ta\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « frotta » en français
Rare enough to double-check
frotta is uncommon French at frequency #73,180 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fʁɔ.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de frotter.".
No misspelling variants are generated for frotta in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is frotta, spelled F-R-O-T-T-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de frotter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how frotta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La jeune nourrice obéit à Bras-Rouge mais, un jour qu’elle oignait le nourrisson, elle se frotta machinalement les yeux avec ses doigts encore enduits de pommade magique.
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.
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