frugalité
\fʁy.ɡa.li.te\
The verdict
“frugalité” is uncommon French (frequency #69,856 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,856
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualité de celui qui est frugal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frugalite · frugalité · French
frugalité · rank #69,856 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,856
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fréquentables
Nearest frequency peer: fréquentables (+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 « frugalité »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- frangipane
frangipane
30,149 corpus weight
- freire
freire
30,148 corpus weight
- frisée
frisée
30,147 corpus weight
- frugalité
frugalité
30,145 corpus weight
- fréquentabl…
fréquentables
30,144 corpus weight
- fèces
fèces
30,142 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « frugalité » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frugalité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁy.ɡa.li.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « frugalité » en français
Rare enough to double-check
frugalité is uncommon French at frequency #69,856 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁy.ɡa.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for frugalité in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 frugalité, spelled F-R-U-G-A-L-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Qualité de celui qui est frugal.
- 2Qualité de ce qui est frugal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frugalité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il faut donc s’habituer à manger sobrement et simplement, sans rechercher toutes ces viandes délicatement préparées ; la santé trouve dans cette frugalité sa conservation, et l’homme, par ce moyen, devient plus robuste et beaucoup plus propre à toutes les actions de la vie.
A la même époque, Malcolm Flemyng, médecin à Édimbourg, recommande lui aussi, en 1760, de manger avec frugalité, de préférence une alimentation monotone, riche en légumes, racines et verdure, mais sans adjonction de beurre, de tromper sa faim en se remplissant l’estomac de fruits de saison […].
This word in other languages
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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