Which to use
“fraîche” and “fraîches” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,397
- “fraîche” frequency rank
- #13,391
- “fraîches” frequency rank
- 19788
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fraîche | fraîches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de frais. | Féminin pluriel de frais. |
Same sound, different letters: fraîche vs fraîches
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. fraîche runs 7 letters (CCVVCCV) against fraîches's 8 (CCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - fraîche and fraîches
This is the hard kind. fraîche and fraîches are pronounced identically (\fʁɛʃ\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “fraîche” sits inside “fraîches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fraîche is recorded at frequency rank #6,397, classified as anadj, pronounced \fʁɛʃ\. fraîches is at rank #13,391, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fʁɛʃ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 19788, this pair ranks #371,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fraîche vs fraîches
Shared letters: acefhrî. Private to "fraîche": -. Private to "fraîches": s.
"fraîche" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCV · "fraîches" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fraîche" for "fraîches" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "fraîche" or "fraîches" show up more?
Useful next steps
"fraîche" and "fraîches" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "fraîche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fraîches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #371,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fraîche" and "fraîches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fraîches vs friches". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #371,552 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.