frugal
\fʁy.ɡal\
The verdict
“frugal” is uncommon French (frequency #64,463 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,463
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se contente de mets simples.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frugal · frugal · French
frugal · rank #64,463 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,463
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH frimousse
Nearest frequency peer: frimousse (-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 « frugal »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Frieda
Frieda
35,541 corpus weight
- frilosité
frilosité
35,540 corpus weight
- frimousse
frimousse
35,539 corpus weight
- frugal
frugal
35,538 corpus weight
- fruitée
fruitée
35,537 corpus weight
- fumante
fumante
35,536 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « frugal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frugal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fʁy.ɡal\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « frugal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
frugal is uncommon French at frequency #64,463 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fʁy.ɡal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
frugal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 frugal, spelled F-R-U-G-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui se contente de mets simples.
- 2Qui consiste en mets simples, et peu abondants.
- 3Par euphémisme, sobre, qui se refuse à l'endettement
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frugal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quoique la puissance et les richesses d’un Empereur de la Chine soient presque immenses, il était frugal dans ses repas, et éloigné de tout luxe pour sa personne ; […].
Le bissac fut ouvert, et elles partagèrent en sœurs leur frugal repas.
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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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