phrase
\fʁɑz\
The verdict
“phrase” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,882. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,882
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Séquence de propositions ordonnées en fonction des règles de la grammaire, permettant de décrire quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-phrase · phrase · French
phrase · rank #1,882 · 9 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,882
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH permettent
Nearest frequency peer: permettent (-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 « phrase »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- numérique
numérique
98,122 corpus weight
- nécessaires
nécessaires
98,121 corpus weight
- permettent
permettent
98,120 corpus weight
- phrase
phrase
98,119 corpus weight
- pointe
pointe
98,118 corpus weight
- principale
principale
98,116 corpus weight
What this shows « phrase » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | phrase |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁɑz\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « phrase »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around phrase (IPA \fʁɑz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,882 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for phrase, with forms such as "hprase", "pharse", and "phhrase". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "prise", "prose", "pirate", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists 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 phrase, spelled P-H-R-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Séquence de propositions ordonnées en fonction des règles de la grammaire, permettant de décrire quelque chose.
- 2Ensemble de quelques mots prononcés.
- 3Suite non interrompue de sons simples ou d’accords, qui forme un sens plus ou moins achevé et qui se termine sur un repos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how phrase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On n'est jamais captivé par des phrases où il y a trop de mots.
Puis, en grosses lettres, cette phrase : « Plus il y aura d'acheteurs de blé, meuniers ou négociants, plus les agriculteurs vendront le leur facilement et cher. » Il est hors de contestation que, si des éléments de concurrence nouveaux devaient surgir, le cultivateur y trouverait son compte.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hprase
- pharse
- phhrase
- phraes
- phrasse
- phrrase
- phrsae
- pphrase
- prhase
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of phrase - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).