Spree
The verdict
“Spree” is uncommon French (frequency #65,540 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,540
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cours d’eau allemand et tchèque, affluent de la Havel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-spree · Spree · French
Spree · rank #65,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,540
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sportivité
Nearest frequency peer: sportivité (-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 « Spree »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- SPL
SPL
34,464 corpus weight
- spoliés
spoliés
34,463 corpus weight
- sportivité
sportivité
34,462 corpus weight
- Spree
Spree
34,461 corpus weight
- stalactites
stalactites
34,460 corpus weight
- stampa
stampa
34,459 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Spree » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spree |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,540 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Spree » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Spree is uncommon French at frequency #65,540 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cours d’eau allemand et tchèque, affluent de la Havel.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Spree in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Spree, spelled S-P-R-E-E.
Definition
- 1Cours d’eau allemand et tchèque, affluent de la Havel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Spree appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] Elias buvait en solitaire dans un lupanar, au bord de la Spree.
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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