frottez
\fʁɔ.te\
The verdict
“frottez” is uncommon French (frequency #57,283 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,283
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de frotter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frottez · frottez · French
frottez · rank #57,283 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,283
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fuego
Nearest frequency peer: fuego (+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 « frottez »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fournissons
fournissons
42,721 corpus weight
- frappaient
frappaient
42,720 corpus weight
- frottez
frottez
42,718 corpus weight
- fuego
fuego
42,717 corpus weight
- Fulgence
Fulgence
42,716 corpus weight
- furies
furies
42,715 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « frottez » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frottez |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fʁɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,283 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « frottez » en français
Rare enough to double-check
frottez is uncommon French at frequency #57,283 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fʁɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
frottez has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is frottez, spelled F-R-O-T-T-E-Z.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de frotter.
- 2Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de frotter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how frottez appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lavez les romanescos, puis frottez-les avec la pâte d'ail.
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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