phrases

\fʁaz\

/\fʁaz\/ noun

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The verdict

“phrases” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,699. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,699
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de phrase.

Corpus desk

Index FR-phrases · phrases · French

phrases · rank #4,699 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,699
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH passages

Nearest frequency peer: passages (-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 « phrases »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « phrases » 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).

phrases vs prisés
57% similar
phrases vs Prades
57% similar
phrases vs piratés
57% similar

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

Key facts for phrases
PropertyValue
Headwordphrases
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁaz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,699
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « phrases »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.phrasesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « passages » (#4,698), « pires » (#4,700), « parfum » (#4,697). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « phrases » est au #4,699. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around phrases (IPA \fʁaz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,699 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de phrase.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for phrases, with forms such as "hprases", "pharses", and "phhrases". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "prisés", "Prades", "piratés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is phrases, spelled P-H-R-A-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de phrase.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Presque tous ont une signification qui importe au récit, mais une trop grande littéralité aurait produit en français des phrases interminables, parfois grotesques.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hprases
  • pharses
  • phhrases
  • phraess
  • phrasess
  • phrasses
  • phrrases
  • phrsaes
  • pphrases
  • prhases

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of phrases - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hprases2pharses2phhrases1phraess2phrasess1phrasses1phrrases1phrsaes2
Edit distance from "phrases"

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 "phrases"?
"phrases" is spelled P-H-R-A-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁaz\.
What does "phrases" mean?
As a noun, "phrases" means: Pluriel de phrase.
What words are commonly confused with "phrases"?
"phrases" is commonly confused with "prisés", "Prades", "piratés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "phrases"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "phrases" is \fʁaz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "phrases" come from?
"phrases" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prévoir#4,703réduite#4,708soigner#4,714soirées#4,715

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

passages10 variantsmoyennes10 variantslâcher10 variantsvendeur10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list