frustrer

\fʁys.tʁe\

/\fʁys.tʁe\/ verb

The verdict

“frustrer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,061. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,061
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Priver quelqu’un de ce qui lui est dû, de ce qui doit lui revenir, ou à quoi il s’attend.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frustrer · frustrer · French

frustrer · rank #45,061 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,061
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fructueuses

Nearest frequency peer: fructueuses (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « frustrer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « frustrer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

frustrer vs frustrés
75% similar
frustrer vs frustre
88% similar
frustrer vs frustrée
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for frustrer
PropertyValue
Headwordfrustrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fʁys.tʁe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#45,061
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frustrer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).frustrerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fructueuses » (#45,060), « fréquentaient » (#45,062), « frousse » (#45,059). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frustrer » est au #45,061. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around frustrer (IPA \fʁys.tʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,061 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for frustrer, with forms such as "ffrustrer", "frrustrer", and "frsutrer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "frustrés", "frustre", "frustrée", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is frustrer, spelled F-R-U-S-T-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Priver quelqu’un de ce qui lui est dû, de ce qui doit lui revenir, ou à quoi il s’attend.
  2. 2
    Décevoir l’attente, l’espoir, l’espérance de quelqu’un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […], et même, comme si elle eût senti qu’elle frustrait le vieux d’une tendresse à laquelle il avait droit, elle cherchait à compenser la chose en l’entourant plus que jamais de soins et de prévenances.
  2. Il m’a frustré de mes droits. — Il a frustré ses créanciers. — Être frustré dans ses espérances.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffrustrer
  • frrustrer
  • frsutrer
  • frusrter
  • frusstrer
  • frusterr
  • frustrerr
  • frustrrer
  • frusttrer
  • frutsrer
  • furstrer
  • rfustrer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frustrer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ffrustrer1frrustrer1frsutrer2frusrter2frusstrer1frusterr2frustrerr1frustrrer1
Edit distance from "frustrer"

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 "frustrer"?
"frustrer" is spelled F-R-U-S-T-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁys.tʁe\.
What does "frustrer" mean?
As a verb, "frustrer" means: Priver quelqu’un de ce qui lui est dû, de ce qui doit lui revenir, ou à quoi il s’attend.
What words are commonly confused with "frustrer"?
"frustrer" is commonly confused with "frustrés", "frustre", "frustrée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frustrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frustrer" is \fʁys.tʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frustrer" come from?
"frustrer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list